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If the words are separated by spaces try

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1
 
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If all the words are separated by a space you could try this.

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1
 
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=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+(A1<>"")

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AB
10
2The1
3The sky2
4The sky is3
5The sky is blue4
Sheet2
 
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