diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index 83187543c..e0b0e7aa1 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ module.exports = grammar({
               $.operator,
               $.word,
               $.placeholder,
+              $.delimiter,
               $.block_comment,
               $._command,
               $.superscript,
@@ -384,10 +385,12 @@ module.exports = grammar({
         ),
       ),
 
-    word: $ => /[^\s\\%\{\},\$\[\]\(\)=\#_\^\-\+\/\*]+/,
+    word: $ => /[^\s\\%\{\},\$\[\]\(\)=\#&_\^\-\+\/\*]+/,
 
     placeholder: $ => /#\d/,
 
+    delimiter: $ => /&/,
+
     path: $ => /[^\*\"\[\]:;,\|\{\}<>]+/,
 
     uri: $ => /[^\[\]\{\}]+/,
diff --git a/src/grammar.json b/src/grammar.json
index 89a46bb75..4d8853427 100644
--- a/src/grammar.json
+++ b/src/grammar.json
@@ -1641,6 +1641,10 @@
                 "type": "SYMBOL",
                 "name": "placeholder"
               },
+              {
+                "type": "SYMBOL",
+                "name": "delimiter"
+              },
               {
                 "type": "SYMBOL",
                 "name": "block_comment"
@@ -1664,12 +1668,16 @@
     },
     "word": {
       "type": "PATTERN",
-      "value": "[^\\s\\\\%\\{\\},\\$\\[\\]\\(\\)=\\#_\\^\\-\\+\\/\\*]+"
+      "value": "[^\\s\\\\%\\{\\},\\$\\[\\]\\(\\)=\\#&_\\^\\-\\+\\/\\*]+"
     },
     "placeholder": {
       "type": "PATTERN",
       "value": "#\\d"
     },
+    "delimiter": {
+      "type": "PATTERN",
+      "value": "&"
+    },
     "path": {
       "type": "PATTERN",
       "value": "[^\\*\\\"\\[\\]:;,\\|\\{\\}<>]+"
diff --git a/src/node-types.json b/src/node-types.json
index 6b66bbd00..af4bd6640 100644
--- a/src/node-types.json
+++ b/src/node-types.json
@@ -7513,6 +7513,10 @@
             "type": "color_set_definition",
             "named": true
           },
+          {
+            "type": "delimiter",
+            "named": true
+          },
           {
             "type": "environment_definition",
             "named": true
@@ -9262,6 +9266,10 @@
     "type": "comment",
     "named": true
   },
+  {
+    "type": "delimiter",
+    "named": true
+  },
   {
     "type": "letter",
     "named": true
diff --git a/test/corpus/issues.txt b/test/corpus/issues.txt
index 28c846f34..65988c3e0 100644
--- a/test/corpus/issues.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/issues.txt
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Let
           (word))))
     (text
       (word)
-      (word))
+      (delimiter))
     (text
       (word)
       (superscript
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Let
           (word))))
     (text
       (word)
-      (word))
+      (delimiter))
     (text
       (word)
       (superscript