diff --git a/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/consts.ts b/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/consts.ts
index acbc6a9f10..8d99ff3be3 100644
--- a/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/consts.ts
+++ b/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/consts.ts
@@ -41,3 +41,56 @@ export const monacoOptions: editor.IStandaloneEditorConstructionOptions = {
   automaticLayout: true,
   fixedOverflowWidgets: true,
 };
+
+export const monacoSuggestionsMap = {
+  KEYWORD: "Keyword",
+  TABLE: "Field",
+  COLUMN: "Field",
+} as const;
+
+export const suggestedSQLKeywords = [
+  // Basic queries
+  "SELECT",
+  "FROM",
+  "WHERE",
+  "GROUP BY",
+  "ORDER BY",
+  "LIMIT",
+  "OFFSET",
+  // Joins
+  "JOIN",
+  "INNER JOIN",
+  "LEFT JOIN",
+  "RIGHT JOIN",
+  "FULL JOIN",
+  "ON",
+  // Aggregates
+  "COUNT",
+  "SUM",
+  "AVG",
+  "MAX",
+  "MIN",
+  // Conditions
+  "AND",
+  "OR",
+  "NOT",
+  "IN",
+  "BETWEEN",
+  "LIKE",
+  "IS NULL",
+  "IS NOT NULL",
+  // Other clauses
+  "HAVING",
+  "DISTINCT",
+  "AS",
+  "WITH",
+  // Sorting
+  "ASC",
+  "DESC",
+  // Set operations
+  "UNION",
+  "UNION ALL",
+  "INTERSECT",
+  "EXCEPT",
+] as const;
+export type SuggestedSQLKeyword = (typeof suggestedSQLKeywords)[number];
diff --git a/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/useMonacoSuggestions.ts b/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/useMonacoSuggestions.ts
index 89dd2a211e..f1eafe5bed 100644
--- a/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/useMonacoSuggestions.ts
+++ b/packages/explorer/src/app/(explorer)/[chainName]/worlds/[worldAddress]/explore/useMonacoSuggestions.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { Table } from "@latticexyz/config";
 import { useMonaco } from "@monaco-editor/react";
+import { SuggestedSQLKeyword, monacoSuggestionsMap, suggestedSQLKeywords } from "./consts";
 import { useQueryAutocomplete } from "./useQueryAutocomplete";
 
-const monacoSuggestionsMap = {
-  KEYWORD: "Keyword",
-  TABLE: "Field",
-  COLUMN: "Field",
-} as const;
+const isSuggestedSQLKeyword = (keyword: string): keyword is SuggestedSQLKeyword => {
+  return (suggestedSQLKeywords as readonly string[]).includes(keyword);
+};
 
 export function useMonacoSuggestions(table?: Table) {
   const monaco = useMonaco();
@@ -39,17 +38,18 @@ export function useMonacoSuggestions(table?: Table) {
           endColumn: word.endColumn,
         };
 
-        const suggestions = queryAutocomplete
-          .autocomplete(textUntilPosition)
+        const suggestions = Array.from(
+          // autocomplete can return duplicates, so we need to deduplicate
+          new Map(queryAutocomplete.autocomplete(textUntilPosition).map((item) => [item.value, item])).values(),
+        )
+          .filter(({ value, optionType }) => (optionType === "KEYWORD" ? isSuggestedSQLKeyword(value) : !!value))
           .map(({ value, optionType }) => ({
             label: value,
             kind: monaco.languages.CompletionItemKind[monacoSuggestionsMap[optionType]],
-            insertText: `"${value}"`,
+            insertText: optionType === "KEYWORD" ? value : `"${value}"`,
             range,
-            // move keyword optionType to the top of suggestions list
             sortText: optionType !== "KEYWORD" ? "0" : "1",
-          }))
-          .filter(({ label }) => !!label);
+          }));
 
         return { suggestions };
       },