How to set a maximum word count on post titles

To apply this hack, simply paste the following in your functions.php file:

function maxWord($title){
    global $post;
    $title = $post->post_title;
    if (str_word_count($title) >= 10 ) //set this to the maximum number of words
        wp_die( __('Error: your post title is over the maximum word count.') );
}
add_action('publish_post', 'maxWord');

Thanks to Pippin for this great code!

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