Merge branch 'development' into feature/offline-hint-gate

# Conflicts:
#	ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts

ui/src/lib/localgame/source.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ vi.mock('../dict', () => ({
 
 import { LocalSource, isLocalGameId } from './source';
 import type { Seat } from './serialize';
+import { hasAlphabet, alphabetValues } from '../alphabet';
 
 const seats: Seat[] = [
   { kind: 'human', name: 'You' },
@@ -42,6 +43,18 @@ describe('LocalSource', () => {
     expect(st.game.toMove).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it('seeds the per-variant alphabet from the ruleset, so offline tiles show real weights not zeros', async () => {
+    // Offline there is no server to send the alphabet table the rack/board render from; opening a
+    // local game must seed it from the static ruleset. Without this a cold offline boot draws zeros.
+    const src = await newSource('local:gAlpha', 42n);
+    await src.gameState('local:gAlpha');
+    expect(hasAlphabet('scrabble_en')).toBe(true);
+    const values = alphabetValues('scrabble_en');
+    expect(values.length).toBe(26);
+    expect(values[0]).toBe(1); // A = 1 (pinned to rules.go / ruleset.ts), not 0
+    expect(values.every((v) => v > 0)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('replies to a human pass with a synchronous robot move, delivered via the event', async () => {
     const src = await newSource('local:g2', 999n);
     const events: PushEvent[] = [];