diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 21d359418..0ee8f307b 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Code owners
 .github/CODEOWNERS      @exercism/maintainers-admin
 
+# The code sample shown in the code check when people sign up to Exercism
+docs/SIGN_UP_SNIPPET.txt    @exercism/maintainers-admin
+
 # Changes to `fetch-configlet` should be made in the `exercism/configlet` repo
 bin/fetch-configlet     @exercism/maintainers-admin
 bin/fetch-configlet.ps1 @exercism/maintainers-admin
diff --git a/docs/SIGN_UP_SNIPPET.txt b/docs/SIGN_UP_SNIPPET.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f68677d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/SIGN_UP_SNIPPET.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function mostCommonWord(text: string): string {
+  const counts: Record<string, number> = {};
+  let best = "";
+  for (const word of text.toLowerCase().split(" ")) {
+    counts[word] = (counts[word] ?? 0) + 1;
+    if (counts[word] > (counts[best] ?? 0)) {
+      best = word;
+    }
+  }
+  return `"${best}" appears ${counts[best]} times`;
+}