diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index c528157..02fb6fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -4490,11 +4490,14 @@ export default function App() {
         const k = spotStatusKey(s.dx_call, s.band ?? '', s.comment ?? '', s.freq_hz);
         const e = spotStatus[k];
         const st = (e?.status || '') as SpotStatusKey;
-        // A previously-worked call counts as WORKED for filtering even when its
-        // entity status is still new-band/new-slot (the grid flags it WKD CALL),
-        // matching the "Hide worked" toggle. Additive: it still matches its own
-        // entity status too, so it stays visible under NEW BAND / NEW SLOT.
-        const matches = clusterStatusFilter.has(st)
+        // WORKED means "I've worked THIS callsign" — the blue WKD-CALL flag —
+        // NOT the entity status 'worked' (entity/band/mode already worked, which
+        // the grid shows as a plain "—"). So the 'worked' key is matched ONLY via
+        // worked_call below; exclude the entity status 'worked' from the generic
+        // match, or every "already-worked-entity" spot would slip through. A
+        // worked call still matches its own entity status too (new-band/new-slot),
+        // so it stays visible under those chips.
+        const matches = (st !== 'worked' && clusterStatusFilter.has(st))
           || (!!e?.worked_call && clusterStatusFilter.has('worked'))
           || (!!e?.new_pota && clusterStatusFilter.has('new-pota'))
           || (!!e?.new_county && clusterStatusFilter.has('new-county'))