diff --git a/src/codewars/kata_most_words_used.py b/src/codewars/kata_most_words_used.py
index 96e2f9c..8e93bf5 100644
--- a/src/codewars/kata_most_words_used.py
+++ b/src/codewars/kata_most_words_used.py
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ def top_3_words(text: str) -> list:
     Returns:
         list: [most used word, second most used word, third most used word]
     """
+    # remove invalid characters and replace with whitespace
     text = "".join(
         c if c.isalpha() or c.isdigit() or c in ("'", " ") else " " for c in text
-    )  # remove invalid characters and replace with whitespace
+    )
     text = text.split()
 
+    # remove word if it's just made of the character '
+    text = [w for w in text if w.strip("' ") != ""]
+
     word_count = {}
 
     for word in text:
+        word = word.lower()
         if word in word_count:
             word_count[word] += 1
         else:
@@ -30,9 +35,18 @@ def top_3_words(text: str) -> list:
 
     for word in word_count:
         if word_count[word] > top_3["first"]["amount"]:
+            top_3["third"]["word"] = top_3["second"]["word"]
+            top_3["third"]["amount"] = top_3["second"]["amount"]
+
+            top_3["second"]["word"] = top_3["first"]["word"]
+            top_3["second"]["amount"] = top_3["first"]["amount"]
+
             top_3["first"]["word"] = word
             top_3["first"]["amount"] = word_count[word]
         elif word_count[word] > top_3["second"]["amount"]:
+            top_3["third"]["word"] = top_3["second"]["word"]
+            top_3["third"]["amount"] = top_3["second"]["amount"]
+
             top_3["second"]["word"] = word
             top_3["second"]["amount"] = word_count[word]
         elif word_count[word] > top_3["third"]["amount"]:
diff --git a/tests/tests_codewars/test_most_words_used.py b/tests/tests_codewars/test_most_words_used.py
index 24fb0d3..c3b567f 100644
--- a/tests/tests_codewars/test_most_words_used.py
+++ b/tests/tests_codewars/test_most_words_used.py
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 from src.codewars.kata_most_words_used import top_3_words
+import pytest
 
 
-def test_top_3_words():
-    assert top_3_words() == 0
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("input", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("a a a  b  c c  d d d d  e e e e e", ["e", "d", "a"]),
+        ("e e e e DDD ddd DdD: ddd ddd aa aA Aa, bb cc cC e e e", ["e", "ddd", "aa"]),
+        ("  //wont won't won't ", ["won't", "wont"]),
+        ("  , e   .. ", ["e"]),
+        ("  ...  ", []),
+        ("  '  ", []),
+        ("  '''  ", []),
+        (
+            """In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to
+        mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance
+        in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for
+        coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most
+        nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra
+        on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income.""",
+            ["a", "of", "on"],
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_top_3_words(input, expected):
+    assert top_3_words(input) == expected