diff --git a/cwlists/ableist.json b/cwlists/ableist.json
index e51ee5204..6bce332fe 100644
--- a/cwlists/ableist.json
+++ b/cwlists/ableist.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
     "description": "Discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities.",
     "words": [
         "crazy", "cripple", "turn a blind", "turn a deaf", "diffability",
-        "differently abled", "different abilit", "dumb", "handicap",
-        "idiot", "imbecil", "insanity", "insane", "lame", "lunatic",
+        "differently abled", "different abilit",
+        "dumb.", "dumb ", "dumb!", "handicap",
+        "idiot", "imbecil", "insanity", "insane", " lame", "lunatic",
         "maniac", "moron", "retard", "spaz", "spastic", "specially-abled",
         "special needs", "stupid", "blind to", "bonkers",
         "wheelchair bound", "confined to a wheelchair", "deaf to",