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I found a solution which works for me now. It's a browser extension "Text Select .click"

On some online text editors the extension might stumble but I believe it's improving.

I like it selects words no matter how many and where the hyphens are located ( --word-example-dash : this will be selected on double-click too )

It's works on Chrome and Firefox. Links to their browser store are on its website www.textselect.click