diff --git a/ui/e2e/hotseat.spec.ts b/ui/e2e/hotseat.spec.ts
index 4f92a54..875beb6 100644
--- a/ui/e2e/hotseat.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/e2e/hotseat.spec.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ test.describe('offline hotseat (pass-and-play)', () => {
     await typePin(page, '1234');
     await expect(page.locator('.rack .tile')).toHaveCount(7);
 
+    // Opening the history reveals NO social controls on the seat plaques (a local game is
+    // account-less), and the Dictionary entry (the comms button) is kept for the active game.
+    await page.locator('.scoreboard').click();
+    await expect(page.locator('.fico')).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page.locator('.chat-ico')).toBeVisible();
+    await page.locator('.scoreboard').click();
+
     // Host override: 🔐 -> master PIN -> skip the current turn -> confirm. The turn passes to Bob,
     // whose seat is open, so his rack shows without a lock.
     await page.locator('button.tab', { hasText: /Host|Ведущий/ }).click();
diff --git a/ui/src/game/CommsHub.svelte b/ui/src/game/CommsHub.svelte
index b2f311f..a3b442a 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/CommsHub.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/CommsHub.svelte
@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@
   // The game is rendered (and cached) before its comms open, so the cache tells us whether
   // it is still active without another fetch; an unknown game keeps the Dictionary offered.
   const active = $derived(getCachedGame(id)?.view.game.status !== 'finished');
-  // An honest-AI game has no chat at all, so its hub is Dictionary-only.
-  const vsAi = $derived(getCachedGame(id)?.view.game.vsAi ?? false);
+  // A local game has NO chat: an honest-AI game (vs_ai) and an offline pass-and-play (hotseat) game.
+  // Its hub is Dictionary-only.
+  const chatless = $derived(
+    (getCachedGame(id)?.view.game.vsAi ?? false) || (getCachedGame(id)?.view.game.hotseat ?? false),
+  );
   // Seeded once from the entry route's tab, then owned locally. The effect keeps the tab valid:
-  // an AI game has only the Dictionary; a finished non-AI game has only Chat (a stale Dictionary
+  // a chatless game has only the Dictionary; a finished non-AI game has only Chat (a stale Dictionary
   // deep-link falls back to Chat).
-  // An honest-AI game has only the Dictionary, so start there regardless of the entry route — this
-  // keeps ChatScreen (which fetches chat over the network) from mounting even for a beat, which would
-  // otherwise raise an error toast in offline mode.
+  // A chatless game starts on the Dictionary regardless of the entry route — this keeps ChatScreen
+  // (which fetches chat over the network) from mounting even for a beat, which would otherwise raise
+  // an error toast in offline mode.
   // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
-  let tab = $state<CommsTab>(vsAi ? 'dictionary' : initialTab);
+  let tab = $state<CommsTab>(chatless ? 'dictionary' : initialTab);
   $effect(() => {
-    if (vsAi) tab = 'dictionary';
+    if (chatless) tab = 'dictionary';
     else if (tab === 'dictionary' && !active) tab = 'chat';
   });
 </script>
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@
 
   {#snippet tabbar()}
     <TabBar>
-      {#if !vsAi}
+      {#if !chatless}
         <button class="tab" class:active={tab === 'chat'} onclick={() => (tab = 'chat')}>
           <span class="face"><span class="sq" aria-hidden="true">💬</span><span class="lbl">{t('game.chat')}</span></span>
         </button>
diff --git a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
index e2136ce..14ee04a 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
@@ -1422,8 +1422,9 @@
   // (not the still-empty seat of an open game) who is not yet a friend (an already-requested
   // opponent still shows it, but disabled).
   function canAddFriend(s: { accountId: string; seat: number }): boolean {
-    // Never offer add-friend against an AI opponent, an existing friend, or a blocked player.
-    if (view?.game.vsAi) return false;
+    // Never offer add-friend against an AI opponent, an existing friend, or a blocked player — nor in
+    // a local (offline) game, whose seats are account-less: vs_ai, and hotseat's synthetic seat ids.
+    if (view?.game.vsAi || isLocalGameId(id)) return false;
     return (
       !!s.accountId &&
       !app.profile?.isGuest &&
@@ -1437,7 +1438,7 @@
   // may still be blocked (the block overrides the friendship), so it omits the friend exclusion.
   // An already-blocked opponent hides it (both controls go, and the name is struck).
   function canBlock(s: { accountId: string; seat: number }): boolean {
-    if (view?.game.vsAi) return false;
+    if (view?.game.vsAi || isLocalGameId(id)) return false;
     return !!s.accountId && !app.profile?.isGuest && s.accountId !== app.session?.userId && !seatBlocked(s);
   }
 </script>
@@ -1546,10 +1547,11 @@
         <button class="hicon" onclick={onResignClick} disabled={waitingForOpponent} aria-label={t('game.dropGame')}>🏁</button>
       {/if}
       {#if !view.game.multipleWordsPerTurn}<span class="oneword-label">{t('game.oneWordRule')}</span>{/if}
-      <!-- A finished AI game has no comms at all (no chat, and the dictionary closes with the
-           game), so the entry is dropped; an active AI game keeps it (it opens the dictionary).
-           A hotseat game has no chat either (local players, no accounts). -->
-      {#if !(gameOver && view.game.vsAi) && !view.game.hotseat}
+      <!-- The comms entry opens Chat + the word Dictionary. A local game (vs_ai or hotseat) has no
+           chat, so its hub is Dictionary-only (CommsHub), and once finished the dictionary closes too
+           — so drop the entry only when a local game is finished; an active local game keeps it for
+           the Dictionary. An online game always keeps it (chat outlives the game). -->
+      {#if !(gameOver && (view.game.vsAi || view.game.hotseat))}
         <button class="hicon" onclick={() => navigate(`/game/${id}/chat`)} aria-label={t('game.chat')}>
           {#key chatBlink}<span class="chat-ico" class:blink={chatBlink > 0 && !app.reduceMotion}>💬</span>{/key}
         </button>
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts b/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
index 7ae8848..173f59d 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
@@ -824,6 +824,16 @@ export async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
     window.visualViewport.addEventListener('scroll', syncViewport);
   }
 
+  // Enter on a single-line <input> dismisses the soft keyboard (blur): the keyboard's default
+  // return/"Go" key otherwise does nothing on a bare input, which reads as stuck. A <textarea> (the
+  // feedback form) is excluded so Enter still inserts a newline; a form's own Enter→submit still
+  // fires first (this listener is on the document, so it runs after the field's own handler).
+  if (typeof document !== 'undefined') {
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Enter' && e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement) e.target.blur();
+    });
+  }
+
   // Load the Telegram Mini App SDK dynamically, with a timeout, on a Telegram entry — it is no
   // longer a render-blocking <script> in index.html, so a network that blocks telegram.org (common
   // where Telegram itself reaches users only over a proxy) cannot hang the page and strand the app
diff --git a/ui/src/screens/Login.svelte b/ui/src/screens/Login.svelte
index 224ec9f..e2cccaa 100644
--- a/ui/src/screens/Login.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/screens/Login.svelte
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@
   }
 
   async function signIn() {
+    if (busy || code.trim().length === 0) return;
     busy = true;
     await loginEmail(email.trim(), code.trim());
     busy = false;
   }
+
+  // Track the code and auto-submit once the 6-digit code is complete (Enter submits too).
+  function onCode(v: string): void {
+    code = v;
+    if (code.trim().length === 6) void signIn();
+  }
 </script>
 
 <main class="login">
@@ -46,10 +53,16 @@
     {:else}
       <p class="muted">{t('login.codeSent', { email })}</p>
       <input
+        class="codein"
         inputmode="numeric"
         autocomplete="one-time-code"
+        maxlength="6"
         placeholder={t('login.codePlaceholder')}
-        bind:value={code}
+        value={code}
+        oninput={(e) => onCode(e.currentTarget.value)}
+        onkeydown={(e) => {
+          if (e.key === 'Enter') void signIn();
+        }}
       />
       <button class="secondary" disabled={busy || !code.trim()} onclick={signIn}>
         {t('login.signIn')}
@@ -98,6 +111,11 @@
     color: var(--text);
     font-size: 1rem;
   }
+  /* The email code: the same spread-digit look as the friend-code input elsewhere. */
+  .codein {
+    letter-spacing: 0.3em;
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+  }
   button {
     padding: 12px;
     border-radius: var(--radius-sm);