diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d7a364e..2a55e29 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var own = {}.hasOwnProperty
 var EXPRESSION_MONOSYLLABIC_ONE = new RegExp(
   [
     'awe($|d|so)',
+    'anx',
     'cia(?:l|$)',
     'tia',
     'cius',
diff --git a/test/fixture.json b/test/fixture.json
index 0c0e46c..a28c2b7 100644
--- a/test/fixture.json
+++ b/test/fixture.json
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
   "antiapartheid": 5,
   "antoinette": 3,
   "anyplace": 3,
+  "anxious": 2,
   "anzaldua": 4,
   "aoyama": 3,
   "apace": 2,