diff --git a/ui/e2e/history.spec.ts b/ui/e2e/history.spec.ts
index 53b19dc..662e75e 100644
--- a/ui/e2e/history.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/e2e/history.spec.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,29 @@ test('a swipe-down on the zoom-out board opens the history', async ({ page }) =>
   await expect(page.locator('.boardwrap.slid')).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+test('a recall drag onto the rack does not break the next board swipe', async ({ page }) => {
+  await openGame(page);
+  // Place a tile, then drag it back onto the rack — the recall's pointerup lands off the
+  // boardwrap, which once left a stale pointer there so the next swipe read as multi-touch.
+  await page.locator('.rack .tile').first().click();
+  await page.locator('[data-cell]:not(.filled)').nth(30).click();
+  const pending = page.locator('[data-cell].pending');
+  await expect(pending).toHaveCount(1);
+  const fb = (await pending.first().boundingBox())!;
+  const slot = (await page.locator('[data-rack] .tile').nth(2).boundingBox())!;
+  await page.mouse.move(fb.x + fb.width / 2, fb.y + fb.height / 2);
+  await page.mouse.down();
+  await page.mouse.move(slot.x + 2, slot.y + slot.height / 2, { steps: 10 });
+  await page.mouse.up();
+  await expect(pending).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  // The swipe-down still opens the history (the recall pointer was reconciled).
+  await page.locator('.stage').evaluate((el) => (el.scrollTop = 0));
+  const box = (await page.locator('.boardwrap').boundingBox())!;
+  await touchSwipeDown(page, box.y + 20, box.y + 180);
+  await expect(page.locator('.history')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test('the history is a per-seat grid with move scores but no names or running total', async ({ page }) => {
   await openGame(page);
   await page.locator('.scoreboard').click(); // open the history (gesture is covered separately)
diff --git a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
index 2875ae9..75e3558 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@
   // While a placed (pending) board tile is dragged to relocate it, draggingPend is its cell —
   // hidden from the board (the ghost stands in) like a lifted rack tile.
   let draggingPend = $state<{ row: number; col: number } | null>(null);
+  // A board tile dragged over the rack (a recall in progress, the rack showing a drop gap): the
+  // move's ✅ confirm and its preview caption are hidden so they don't sit over the opening gap;
+  // they return the moment the tile is dragged back out over the board.
+  const recallOverRack = $derived(draggingPend != null && reorderTo != null);
 
   let dragPointerId = -1;
   function beginDrag(src: DragSrc, e: PointerEvent) {
@@ -398,6 +402,7 @@
     window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onWinMove);
     window.removeEventListener('pointerup', onWinUp);
     window.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onExtraPointer);
+    boardPointers.delete(dragPointerId); // see onWinUp: don't leave a stale boardwrap pointer
     clearHover();
     clearReorder();
     downInfo = null;
@@ -516,6 +521,11 @@
     window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onWinMove);
     window.removeEventListener('pointerup', onWinUp);
     window.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onExtraPointer);
+    // A board-tile drag also registered this pointer on the boardwrap (the tile sits inside it),
+    // but it can be released off the boardwrap (e.g. a recall dropped on the rack), where the
+    // boardwrap's own pointerup never fires. Reconcile it here so no stale id is left to make the
+    // next swipe read as multi-touch and kill the shuffle / history-pull gesture.
+    boardPointers.delete(e.pointerId);
     clearHover();
     const di = downInfo;
     downInfo = null;
@@ -1205,7 +1215,7 @@
         <span class="turn-ind">{isMyTurn ? t('game.yourTurn') : turnLabel()}</span>
       {/if}
       <span class="scores">
-        {#if preview}{preview.legal ? t('game.previewWords', { words: preview.words.join(', '), n: preview.score }) : t('game.previewIllegal')}{:else if !view.game.multipleWordsPerTurn}<span class="oneword" title={t('game.oneWordRule')}>1️⃣</span>{/if}
+        {#if recallOverRack}{:else if preview}{preview.legal ? t('game.previewWords', { words: preview.words.join(', '), n: preview.score }) : t('game.previewIllegal')}{:else if !view.game.multipleWordsPerTurn}<span class="oneword" title={t('game.oneWordRule')}>1️⃣</span>{/if}
       </span>
     </div>
   {/if}
@@ -1227,7 +1237,7 @@
         ondown={onRackDown}
       />
     </div>
-    {#if !gameOver && placement.pending.length > 0}
+    {#if !gameOver && placement.pending.length > 0 && !recallOverRack}
       <button class="make" onclick={commit} disabled={busy || !isMyTurn || !connection.online || !preview?.legal} aria-label={t('game.makeMove')}>✅</button>
     {/if}
   </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte b/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
index 9f2154c..efe7cee 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Rack.svelte
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   }
 </script>
 
-<div class="rack" class:reordering={draggingId != null} class:landscape data-rack>
+<div class="rack" class:reordering={draggingId != null || dropIndex != null} class:landscape data-rack>
   {#each shown as slot, i (slot.id)}
     <button
       class="tile"