diff --git a/src/Game.tsx b/src/Game.tsx
index 81dad7c..f93dd57 100644
--- a/src/Game.tsx
+++ b/src/Game.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ const targets = targetList.slice(0, targetList.indexOf("murky") + 1); // Words n
 
 function randomTarget(wordLength: number): string {
   const eligible = targets.filter((word) => word.length === wordLength);
-  return pick(eligible);
+  let candidate: string;
+  do {
+    candidate = pick(eligible);
+  } while (/\*/.test(candidate));
+  return candidate;
 }
 
 function getChallengeUrl(target: string): string {
diff --git a/src/targets.json b/src/targets.json
index 6b4069c..b2a9192 100644
--- a/src/targets.json
+++ b/src/targets.json
@@ -8327,7 +8327,7 @@
   "juncture",
   "cleansing",
   "spectacles",
-  "bitch",
+  "*****",
   "incredibly",
   "discord",
   "respectfully",
@@ -11120,7 +11120,7 @@
   "oasis",
   "tartar",
   "parenthood",
-  "whore",
+  "*****",
   "tuberculous",
   "normalization",
   "memoranda",
@@ -13907,7 +13907,7 @@
   "charisma",
   "prosthetic",
   "verandah",
-  "gingival",
+  "********",
   "exultation",
   "applaud",
   "construe",
@@ -13945,7 +13945,7 @@
   "vibrate",
   "meanness",
   "unravel",
-  "sulcus",
+  "******",
   "contrive",
   "wrongdoing",
   "centrifugation",
@@ -14037,7 +14037,7 @@
   "acropolis",
   "outermost",
   "dinosaur",
-  "crap",
+  "****",
   "fireside",
   "harvester",
   "fructose",
@@ -14320,11 +14320,11 @@
   "malleable",
   "linseed",
   "quickness",
-  "maxilla",
+  "*******",
   "proponent",
   "turbidity",
   "doit",
-  "ridley",
+  "******",
   "birthright",
   "peptic",
   "sync",
@@ -14339,7 +14339,7 @@
   "unobserved",
   "lawlessness",
   "emeritus",
-  "dobson",
+  "******",
   "cryptic",
   "rickets",
   "macrophage",
@@ -14395,7 +14395,7 @@
   "lovable",
   "lengthwise",
   "controllable",
-  "hydroxy",
+  "*******",
   "heyday",
   "clams",
   "distinctiveness",
@@ -14413,14 +14413,14 @@
   "obstinately",
   "worsted",
   "smack",
-  "malacca",
-  "octavo",
+  "*******",
+  "******",
   "aright",
   "rapprochement",
   "detestable",
   "opportune",
-  "hematoma",
-  "parr",
+  "********",
+  "****",
   "antebellum",
   "attitudinal",
   "blessedness",
@@ -14435,7 +14435,7 @@
   "omniscient",
   "acoustical",
   "tracheal",
-  "soever",
+  "******",
   "absorbance",
   "electrification",
   "stub",
@@ -14487,7 +14487,7 @@
   "seaport",
   "legible",
   "encode",
-  "siemens",
+  "*******",
   "showy",
   "incredulous",
   "narcissism",
@@ -20698,7 +20698,7 @@
   "cheerless",
   "crystallography",
   "figural",
-  "gingiva",
+  "*******",
   "hallelujah",
   "joiner",
   "thwarting",
@@ -22353,7 +22353,7 @@
   "oligopolistic",
   "housemaid",
   "rehab",
-  "cunt",
+  "****",
   "tiara",
   "clef",
   "outlier",
@@ -24473,7 +24473,7 @@
   "fastener",
   "ophthalmologist",
   "lethality",
-  "arse",
+  "****",
   "gird",
   "cyclopaedia",
   "quirky",
@@ -25503,7 +25503,7 @@
   "bugger",
   "phlebitis",
   "chamomile",
-  "negroid",
+  "*******",
   "fisted",
   "seneschal",
   "hostelry",