diff --git a/df_translation_toolkit/utils/df_ignore_string_rules.py b/df_translation_toolkit/utils/df_ignore_string_rules.py
index a49b08f..60b6555 100644
--- a/df_translation_toolkit/utils/df_ignore_string_rules.py
+++ b/df_translation_toolkit/utils/df_ignore_string_rules.py
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ def ignore_dash_prepended_strings(string: str) -> bool:
     return re.fullmatch(r"-[a-z0-9_]+-?", string) is not None
 
 
+@rules.register
+def ignore_dash_separated_words(string: str) -> bool:
+    if " " in string:
+        return False
+
+    if "-" not in string:
+        return False
+
+    parts = string.split("-")
+    for part in parts:
+        if not part or not (part.islower() or part.isnumeric()):
+            return False
+
+    if len(parts) >= 3:  # noqa: PLR2004
+        return True
+
+    ending = parts[-1]
+    return ending.isnumeric() or ending in ("on", "off", "log", "gtr", "rtm")
+
+
 @rules.register
 def ignore_mixed_case(string: str) -> bool:
     return re.search(r"[a-z]+[A-Z]", string) is not None
diff --git a/tests/test_df_ignore_string_rules.py b/tests/test_df_ignore_string_rules.py
index 8d5f30c..51298ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_df_ignore_string_rules.py
+++ b/tests/test_df_ignore_string_rules.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
         (rules.ignore_underline_separated_words, "_Thrd_id", True),
         (rules.ignore_underline_separated_words, "_initterm_e", True),
         (rules.ignore_underline_separated_words, "init_sound returned false!", True),
+        (rules.ignore_dash_separated_words, "piano-pluck-main", True),
+        (rules.ignore_dash_separated_words, "gtr-2", True),
+        (rules.ignore_dash_separated_words, "clouds-off", True),
         (rules.ignore_dash_prepended_strings, "-world_sites_and_pops", True),
         (rules.ignore_dash_prepended_strings, "-site_map-", True),
         (rules.ignore_dash_prepended_strings, "-beta23", True),