diff --git a/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.cpp b/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.cpp
index 55de72b3d6d..4d4f968efd9 100644
--- a/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.cpp
+++ b/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,39 @@ TTword::TTword(TTString &str, int mode, int val2) : _string(str),
 }
 
 TTword::TTword(TTword *src) {
-	// TODO
+	if (src->getStatus() != SS_VALID) {
+		_status = SS_5;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	_string = src->_string;
+	_wordMode = src->_wordMode;
+	_field1C = src->_field1C;
+	_field20 = src->_field20;
+	_synP = nullptr;
+
+	TTsynonym *priorSyn = nullptr;
+	for (TTsynonym *synP = _synP; synP && !_status;) {
+		TTsynonym *newSyn = new TTsynonym(synP);
+		if (!newSyn) {
+			_status = SS_7;
+		} else {
+			newSyn->_pPrior = priorSyn;
+			newSyn->_pNext = nullptr;
+
+			if (priorSyn) {
+				priorSyn->_pNext = newSyn;
+			} else {
+				_synP = newSyn;
+			}
+
+			priorSyn = newSyn;
+		}
+	}
+
+	_pNext = src->_pNext;
+	_field24 = src->_field24;
+	_field28 = src->_field28;
 }
 
 void TTword::deleteSiblings() {
diff --git a/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.h b/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.h
index 9bdb810ae6c..d9127514bb9 100644
--- a/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.h
+++ b/engines/titanic/true_talk/tt_word.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public:
 	const char *c_str() const { return _string.c_str(); }
 	operator const char *() const { return c_str(); }
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the status of the word
+	 */
+	TTStringStatus getStatus() const { return _status; }
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a copy of the word
 	 */