diff --git a/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte b/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
index 448718b..98ac3c4 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@
     font-weight: 600;
   }
   /* Erudit's blank ("звёздочка") shows its star horizontally centred on the otherwise empty
-     tile face, top-aligned with the neighbouring letters (slightly larger so it reads). */
+     tile face; the small top offset centres its ink against the neighbouring letters' block
+     (it is slightly larger than them so it reads). */
   .star {
     position: absolute;
-    top: 8%;
+    top: 0.5%;
     left: 0;
     right: 0;
     text-align: center;