dumb as a bag of hammers
"dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dumb as a bag of hammers” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remarkably stupid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers · dumb as a bag of hammers · English
dumb as a bag of hammers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dumb as a bag of hammers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dumb as a bag of hammers” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dumb as a bag of hammers is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Remarkably stupid.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dumb as a bag of hammers, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is dumb as a bag of hammers, spelled D-U-M-B- -A-S- -A- -B-A-G- -O-F- -H-A-M-M-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Remarkably stupid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dumb as a bag of hammers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers!
Kenny: Yeah. Nothing bothers him. Like water off a duck's back, y'know. / Lee: That's a valuable trait lately. / Kenny: No kidding. But frankly, I think it's because he's dumb as a bag of hammers.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.