diff --git a/src/components/Exercises/WriteBlanks.tsx b/src/components/Exercises/WriteBlanks.tsx
index 622329b4..66624bb6 100644
--- a/src/components/Exercises/WriteBlanks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Exercises/WriteBlanks.tsx
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export default function WriteBlanks({id, prompt, type, maxWords, solutions, user
 			(x) =>
 				solutions
 					.find((y) => x.id.toString() === y.id.toString())
-					?.solution.map((y) => y.toLowerCase())
-					.includes(x.solution.toLowerCase()) || false,
+					?.solution.map((y) => y.toLowerCase().trim())
+					.includes(x.solution.toLowerCase().trim()) || false,
 		).length;
 		const missing = total - answers.filter((x) => solutions.find((y) => x.id === y.id)).length;
 
diff --git a/src/components/Solutions/WriteBlanks.tsx b/src/components/Solutions/WriteBlanks.tsx
index db6e7bd8..a7ef4f9b 100644
--- a/src/components/Solutions/WriteBlanks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Solutions/WriteBlanks.tsx
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ export default function WriteBlanksSolutions({
 			(x) =>
 				solutions
 					.find((y) => x.id.toString() === y.id.toString())
-					?.solution.map((y) => y.toLowerCase())
-					.includes(x.solution.toLowerCase()) || false,
+					?.solution.map((y) => y.toLowerCase().trim())
+					.includes(x.solution.toLowerCase().trim()) || false,
 		).length;
 		const missing = total - userSolutions.filter((x) => solutions.find((y) => x.id.toString() === y.id.toString())).length;