diff --git a/src/data-structures/trie/TrieNode.js b/src/data-structures/trie/TrieNode.js
index cf89fdd6..f24910f1 100644
--- a/src/data-structures/trie/TrieNode.js
+++ b/src/data-structures/trie/TrieNode.js
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ export default class TrieNode {
       this.children.set(character, new TrieNode(character, isCompleteWord));
     }
 
-    return this.children.get(character);
+    const childNode = this.children.get(character);
+    childNode.isCompleteWord = childNode.isCompleteWord || isCompleteWord;
+
+    return childNode;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/data-structures/trie/__test__/Trie.test.js b/src/data-structures/trie/__test__/Trie.test.js
index b66db94a..194ca16a 100644
--- a/src/data-structures/trie/__test__/Trie.test.js
+++ b/src/data-structures/trie/__test__/Trie.test.js
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ describe('Trie', () => {
 
     trie.addWord('cat');
     trie.addWord('cats');
+    trie.addWord('carpet');
     trie.addWord('car');
     trie.addWord('caption');
 
     expect(trie.doesWordExist('cat')).toBe(true);
     expect(trie.doesWordExist('cats')).toBe(true);
+    expect(trie.doesWordExist('carpet')).toBe(true);
+    expect(trie.doesWordExist('car')).toBe(true);
     expect(trie.doesWordExist('cap')).toBe(false);
     expect(trie.doesWordExist('call')).toBe(false);
   });