diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/config.ts b/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
index 0bcdea0..1b2f6a0 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
     sidebar: [
       {
         text: 'Examples',
-        items: [{ text: 'Basic', link: '/examples/' }],
+        items: [
+          { text: 'Basic', link: '/examples/' },
+          { text: 'Stroke', link: '/examples/stroke' },
+        ],
       },
       {
         text: 'API',
diff --git a/docs/examples/basic.ts b/docs/examples/basic.ts
index 502503a..23d90ff 100644
--- a/docs/examples/basic.ts
+++ b/docs/examples/basic.ts
@@ -225,3 +225,18 @@ export const config: ChartConfiguration<'wordCloud'> = {
   data,
 };
 // #endregion config
+
+// #region stroke
+export const stroke: ChartConfiguration<'wordCloud'> = {
+  type: 'wordCloud',
+  data,
+  options: {
+    elements: {
+      word: {
+        strokeStyle: 'red',
+        strokeWidth: 8,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+// #endregion stroke
diff --git a/docs/examples/stroke.md b/docs/examples/stroke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d5c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/stroke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+title: Stroke
+---
+
+# Stroke
+
+<script setup>
+import {stroke} from './basic';
+</script>
+
+## Word Cloud
+
+<div style="height: 500px; max-height: 500px">
+  <WordCloudChart
+    :options="stroke.options"
+    :data="stroke.data"
+  />
+</div>
+
+### Code
+
+:::code-group
+
+<<< ./basic.ts#stroke [config]
+
+<<< ./basic.ts#data [data]
+
+:::
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2cc92f2..ea54589 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "chartjs-chart-wordcloud",
   "description": "Chart.js module for word clouds",
-  "version": "4.2.4",
+  "version": "4.3.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Samuel Gratzl",
     "email": "sam@sgratzl.com",
diff --git a/src/elements/WordElement.ts b/src/elements/WordElement.ts
index 6817869..51bff34 100644
--- a/src/elements/WordElement.ts
+++ b/src/elements/WordElement.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ import { Element, FontSpec, VisualElement, ScriptableAndArrayOptions, Scriptable
 import { toFont } from 'chart.js/helpers';
 
 export interface IWordElementOptions extends FontSpec, Record<string, unknown> {
-  color: string;
+  color: CanvasRenderingContext2D['fillStyle'];
   /**
    * CanvasContext2D.strokeStyle config for rendering a stroke around the text
    * @default undefined
    */
-  strokeStyle: string;
+  strokeStyle: CanvasRenderingContext2D['strokeStyle'];
+  /**
+   * CanvasContext2D.lineWith for stroke
+   * @default undefined
+   */
+  strokeWidth?: CanvasRenderingContext2D['lineWidth'];
   /**
    * rotation of the word
    * @default undefined then it will be randomly derived given the other constraints
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ export interface IWordElementHoverOptions {
   /**
    * hover variant of color
    */
-  hoverColor: string;
+  hoverColor: CanvasRenderingContext2D['fillStyle'];
   /**
    * hover variant of size
    */
@@ -56,7 +61,12 @@ export interface IWordElementHoverOptions {
    * hover variant of stroke style
    * @default undefined
    */
-  hoverStrokeStyle: string;
+  hoverStrokeStyle: CanvasRenderingContext2D['strokeStyle'];
+  /**
+   * hover variant of stroke width
+   * @default undefined
+   */
+  hoverStrokeWidth?: CanvasRenderingContext2D['lineWidth'];
 }
 
 export interface IWordElementProps {
@@ -81,6 +91,7 @@ export class WordElement extends Element<IWordElementProps, IWordElementOptions>
     rotationSteps: 2,
     padding: 1,
     strokeStyle: undefined,
+    strokeWidth: undefined,
     size: (ctx) => {
       const v = (ctx.parsed as unknown as { y: number }).y;
       return v;
@@ -174,6 +185,9 @@ export class WordElement extends Element<IWordElementProps, IWordElementOptions>
     // ctx.strokeRect(-props.width / 2, -props.height / 2, props.width, props.height);
     ctx.rotate((options.rotate / 180) * Math.PI);
     if (options.strokeStyle) {
+      if (options.strokeWidth != null) {
+        ctx.lineWidth = options.strokeWidth;
+      }
       ctx.strokeStyle = options.strokeStyle;
       ctx.strokeText(props.text, 0, 0);
     }