diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/WordExtractor/NearestNeighbourWordExtractor.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/WordExtractor/NearestNeighbourWordExtractor.cs
index 89ded8ce..55c4d284 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/WordExtractor/NearestNeighbourWordExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/WordExtractor/NearestNeighbourWordExtractor.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             List<Word> words = new List<Word>();
             for (int a = 0; a < groupedIndexes.Count; a++)
             {
-                words.Add(new Word(groupedIndexes[a].Select(i => pageLetters[i]).ToList()));
+                words.Add(new Word(groupedIndexes[a]));
             }
 
             return words;