fix(engine): single-word rule connects along the play line

Bumps the engine to scrabble-solver v1.1.1, where a single-word-per-turn play
must form its word along its own line through an existing tile: a multi-tile play
that touches the board only perpendicular to itself (the contour РЮМ/КЕД/ОР cases)
no longer connects. For a single tile that abuts the board on both axes the engine
now plays the higher-scoring legal orientation instead of the geometrically longer
one (playDirection), so a real word is never rejected in favour of a non-word.

Reworks the single-word solver/engine tests for the corrected rule (no longer a
superset of standard play) and updates ARCHITECTURE/FUNCTIONAL/PRERELEASE.

PRERELEASE.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ the edge before prod. Each phase maps back to the owner's raw pre-release TODO l
 | R7 | Final stress run + tuning | 9b | **done** |
 | UI | Tab-bar navigation redesign (drop the hamburger) | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
 | MW | "Multiple words per turn" rule for Russian games (engine v1.1.0) | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
+| MW2 | Single-word rule connectivity fix: the word must run along its own line through an existing tile (perpendicular-only contact no longer connects); single-tile direction picks the best legal word (engine v1.1.1) | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
 | OW | Open auto-match: enter the game at once and wait inside it (robot after 90–180 s) | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
 | DA | Dictionary admin: online release-archive upload → word-diff preview → install/activate; versioned dict volume; active version persisted in DB; resident label = release tag | owner ad-hoc | **done** |
 | → | Stage 18 — prod contour deploy | — | see [`PLAN.md`](PLAN.md) |

backend/go.mod

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module scrabble/backend
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
-	gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.0
+	gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.1
 	github.com/XSAM/otelsql v0.42.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.12.0
 	github.com/go-jet/jet/v2 v2.14.1

backend/internal/engine/domain.go

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (g *Game) SubmitPlay(tiles []TileRecord) (MoveRecord, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return MoveRecord{}, err
 	}
-	return g.Play(resolveDirection(g.board, placements), placements)
+	return g.Play(g.playDirection(placements), placements)
 }
 
 // SubmitPlayDir is SubmitPlay with the orientation supplied rather than inferred.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (g *Game) EvaluatePlay(tiles []TileRecord) (MoveRecord, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return MoveRecord{}, err
 	}
-	move, err := g.solver.ValidatePlayOpts(g.board, resolveDirection(g.board, placements), placements, g.playOpts())
+	move, err := g.solver.ValidatePlayOpts(g.board, g.playDirection(placements), placements, g.playOpts())
 	if err != nil {
 		return MoveRecord{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrIllegalPlay, err)
 	}
@@ -169,6 +169,33 @@ func (g *Game) placements(tiles []TileRecord) ([]scrabble.Placement, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// playDirection resolves the orientation for a live play. resolveDirection infers it from
+// geometry alone, preferring the longer word when a single tile abuts the board on both
+// axes; under the single-word rule that can pick an orientation whose word is not in the
+// dictionary while the other orientation's is. So for a single tile under that rule the
+// engine tries both orientations through the solver and keeps the higher-scoring legal one
+// (horizontal breaks a tie). Multi-tile plays, and every play under the standard rule, keep
+// the geometric resolution: a multi-tile play's orientation is fixed by the line its tiles
+// share, and under the standard rule every word the play forms must be valid regardless of
+// which one is named the main word.
+func (g *Game) playDirection(placements []scrabble.Placement) scrabble.Direction {
+	geo := resolveDirection(g.board, placements)
+	if len(placements) != 1 || g.multipleWords {
+		return geo
+	}
+	best, found, bestScore := geo, false, 0
+	for _, dir := range [...]scrabble.Direction{scrabble.Horizontal, scrabble.Vertical} {
+		m, err := g.solver.ValidatePlayOpts(g.board, dir, placements, g.playOpts())
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !found || m.Score > bestScore {
+			best, found, bestScore = dir, true, m.Score
+		}
+	}
+	return best
+}
+
 // encodeTiles encodes decoded exchange tiles ("?" for a blank, otherwise a
 // concrete letter) into the internal byte form, wrapping a bad letter as
 // ErrTilesNotOnRack (the caller cannot hold a tile it cannot name).

backend/internal/engine/singleword_test.go

@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ func TestSingleWordRuleWiring(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("single-word game must ignore cross-words")
 	}
 
-	// Play the same opening (the standard game's top move) in both games, then compare
+	// Play the same opening (the standard game's top move) in both games. Both share the
-	// the next player's candidate moves. Both games share the seed, so the next rack is
+	// seed, so the next rack is identical and both still have legal replies. The single-word
-	// identical; relaxed (single-word) generation never drops a legal standard move.
+	// rule is not a superset of the standard one — it forbids parallel plays the standard
+	// rule allows and admits in-line plays whose cross-words are invalid — so here the two
+	// move sets only need to be non-empty; their rule-specific differences are covered by the
+	// cross-word and connectivity tests.
 	hint, ok := std.HintView()
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatal("opening game has no hint")
@@ -46,9 +49,8 @@ func TestSingleWordRuleWiring(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := single.SubmitPlay(hint.Tiles); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("single-word opening: %v", err)
 	}
-	stdMoves, singleMoves := len(std.GenerateMoves()), len(single.GenerateMoves())
+	if len(std.GenerateMoves()) == 0 || len(single.GenerateMoves()) == 0 {
-	if singleMoves < stdMoves {
+		t.Error("both games should have legal replies after the opening")
-		t.Errorf("single-word generation produced %d moves, want >= standard %d", singleMoves, stdMoves)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +139,145 @@ func TestEvaluatePlayHonorsSingleWordRule(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestSingleWordRuleSingleTileDirection covers the single-tile half of the single-word
+// rule: when a lone tile abuts the board on both axes, the engine picks the orientation that
+// forms a real word, not the geometrically longer one. The lone 'о' spells the non-word
+// "фоф" across (length 3) but the real word "до" down (length 2); the geometric resolver
+// prefers the longer "фоф", so before the fix the play was wrongly rejected.
+func TestSingleWordRuleSingleTileDirection(t *testing.T) {
+	if ok, err := testReg.Lookup(VariantErudit, testVersion, "до"); err != nil || !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("precondition: \"до\" must be in the Erudit dictionary (ok=%v, err=%v)", ok, err)
+	}
+	if ok, _ := testReg.Lookup(VariantErudit, testVersion, "фоф"); ok {
+		t.Fatal("precondition: \"фоф\" must not be a word")
+	}
+
+	g, err := New(testReg, Options{
+		Variant: VariantErudit, Version: testVersion, Players: 2, Seed: 1, MultipleWordsPerTurn: false,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new erudit game: %v", err)
+	}
+	idx := func(s string) byte {
+		i, err := g.rules.Alphabet.Index(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("index %q: %v", s, err)
+		}
+		return i
+	}
+	scrabble.Apply(g.board, scrabble.Move{Tiles: []scrabble.Placement{
+		{Row: 4, Col: 8, Letter: idx("д")}, // above 'о': the vertical word "до"
+		{Row: 5, Col: 7, Letter: idx("ф")}, // left of 'о': the across non-word "фоф"
+		{Row: 5, Col: 9, Letter: idx("ф")}, // right of 'о'
+	}})
+	g.hands[0] = []byte{idx("о")}
+	tiles := []TileRecord{{Row: 5, Col: 8, Letter: "о"}}
+
+	rec, err := g.EvaluatePlay(tiles)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("evaluate the single tile under the single-word rule: %v", err)
+	}
+	if rec.Dir != Vertical {
+		t.Errorf("dir = %v, want Vertical (the real word \"до\")", rec.Dir)
+	}
+	if len(rec.Words) != 1 || rec.Words[0] != "до" {
+		t.Errorf("words = %v, want [до]", rec.Words)
+	}
+	if _, err := g.SubmitPlay(tiles); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("submit the single tile under the single-word rule: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSingleWordRuleSingleTileBestScore covers the rest of rule (2): when a single tile
+// forms a real word on BOTH axes, the engine keeps the higher-scoring orientation (and
+// horizontal on a tie), overriding the geometric resolver's tie preference. The lone 'с'
+// spells "ас" across and "юс" down; the engine must pick whichever scores more.
+func TestSingleWordRuleSingleTileBestScore(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, w := range []string{"ас", "юс"} {
+		if ok, err := testReg.Lookup(VariantErudit, testVersion, w); err != nil || !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("precondition: %q must be in the Erudit dictionary (ok=%v, err=%v)", w, ok, err)
+		}
+	}
+	g, err := New(testReg, Options{Variant: VariantErudit, Version: testVersion, Players: 2, Seed: 1})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new erudit game: %v", err)
+	}
+	idx := func(s string) byte {
+		i, err := g.rules.Alphabet.Index(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("index %q: %v", s, err)
+		}
+		return i
+	}
+	scrabble.Apply(g.board, scrabble.Move{Tiles: []scrabble.Placement{
+		{Row: 5, Col: 7, Letter: idx("а")}, // left of 'с': the across word "ас"
+		{Row: 4, Col: 8, Letter: idx("ю")}, // above 'с': the down word "юс"
+	}})
+	g.hands[0] = []byte{idx("с")}
+	tiles := []TileRecord{{Row: 5, Col: 8, Letter: "с"}}
+	ps := []scrabble.Placement{{Row: 5, Col: 8, Letter: idx("с")}}
+
+	across, aerr := g.solver.ValidatePlayOpts(g.board, scrabble.Horizontal, ps, g.playOpts())
+	down, derr := g.solver.ValidatePlayOpts(g.board, scrabble.Vertical, ps, g.playOpts())
+	if aerr != nil || derr != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("both orientations should be legal: across=%v down=%v", aerr, derr)
+	}
+	wantDir, wantScore := Horizontal, across.Score
+	if down.Score > across.Score {
+		wantDir, wantScore = Vertical, down.Score
+	}
+
+	rec, err := g.EvaluatePlay(tiles)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("evaluate the single tile: %v", err)
+	}
+	if rec.Dir != wantDir {
+		t.Errorf("dir = %v, want %v (higher of \"ас\"=%d, \"юс\"=%d)", rec.Dir, wantDir, across.Score, down.Score)
+	}
+	if rec.Score != wantScore {
+		t.Errorf("score = %d, want %d", rec.Score, wantScore)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSingleWordRuleRejectsPerpendicularOnlyContour is the backend regression for the
+// reported contour bug: a multi-tile play whose main word is a real word but which touches
+// the board only perpendicular to its own line — forming a cross-word, not a word along that
+// line — does not connect under the single-word rule and is rejected by both the preview and
+// the submit path. Existing "до" sits down column 8; "кот" laid across row 6 is all-new along
+// its row and touches the board only through the 'о' below the existing 'о'.
+func TestSingleWordRuleRejectsPerpendicularOnlyContour(t *testing.T) {
+	if ok, err := testReg.Lookup(VariantErudit, testVersion, "кот"); err != nil || !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("precondition: \"кот\" must be a real word (ok=%v, err=%v)", ok, err)
+	}
+	g, err := New(testReg, Options{Variant: VariantErudit, Version: testVersion, Players: 2, Seed: 1})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new erudit game: %v", err)
+	}
+	idx := func(s string) byte {
+		i, err := g.rules.Alphabet.Index(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("index %q: %v", s, err)
+		}
+		return i
+	}
+	scrabble.Apply(g.board, scrabble.Move{Tiles: []scrabble.Placement{
+		{Row: 4, Col: 8, Letter: idx("д")},
+		{Row: 5, Col: 8, Letter: idx("о")},
+	}})
+	g.hands[0] = []byte{idx("к"), idx("о"), idx("т")}
+	tiles := []TileRecord{
+		{Row: 6, Col: 7, Letter: "к"},
+		{Row: 6, Col: 8, Letter: "о"},
+		{Row: 6, Col: 9, Letter: "т"},
+	}
+	if _, err := g.EvaluatePlay(tiles); !errors.Is(err, ErrIllegalPlay) {
+		t.Errorf("EvaluatePlay = %v, want ErrIllegalPlay (connects only perpendicular)", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := g.SubmitPlay(tiles); !errors.Is(err, ErrIllegalPlay) {
+		t.Errorf("SubmitPlay = %v, want ErrIllegalPlay (connects only perpendicular)", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestSingleWordRuleRobotCandidates proves the robot opponent never trips the same
 // cross-word check while searching for its move: its move source, Candidates ->
 // GenerateMovesOpts, already honours the rule. Under the single-word rule the bridged

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -301,10 +301,15 @@ Key points:
   **single-word rule**, chosen on New Game (default **off** = single word; on = standard
   Scrabble). Off, only the **main word** along the play direction is validated and scored —
   perpendicular cross-words are ignored, including in robot move generation and the
-  unlimited move preview; on, every cross-word must be a real word and is scored. The
+  unlimited move preview; on, every cross-word must be a real word and is scored. The main
-  engine threads it as
+  word must still run **through an existing tile along its own line** to connect: a play that
-  `scrabble.PlayOptions{IgnoreCrossWords}` (solver `v1.1.0`); connectivity and the
+  forms no word along the direction it is laid — touching the board only perpendicular to
-  first-move centre rule are unaffected. The "Russian-only" limit is a **UI affordance**:
+  itself — is illegal even though its cross-word is never checked, and for a single tile that
+  abuts the board on both axes the engine plays the higher-scoring legal orientation. The
+  single-word rule is therefore **not a superset** of the standard rule: it forbids parallel
+  plays the standard rule allows and admits in-line plays whose cross-words are invalid. The
+  engine threads it as `scrabble.PlayOptions{IgnoreCrossWords}` (solver `v1.1.1`); the
+  first-move centre rule is unaffected. The "Russian-only" limit is a **UI affordance**:
   the backend and engine are variant-agnostic about the flag, and English games always send
   it on (standard). For auto-match the rule is part of the matchmaking key, so only players
   who chose the same rule are paired (the rule field rides every create/enqueue request, so

docs/FUNCTIONAL.md

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ takes the empty seat after **1.5–3 minutes**, so a game always starts — and
 you can close the app while you wait and come back later. For Russian games (auto-match or friend
 invitation), New Game also offers **"Multiple words per turn"** (default **off**): off plays
 the simplified **single-word rule** — only the word laid along the player's line must be a
-real word, and any incidental perpendicular words are ignored and not scored — while on is
+real word (and it must still cross or extend letters already on the board along that line),
+and any incidental perpendicular words are ignored and not scored — while on is
 standard Scrabble. English games are always standard and show no such toggle. In auto-match
 the choice joins the pairing key, so a player only meets opponents who picked the same rule. Friend games (2–4) are
 formed by inviting players from the friend list (an invitation, like a friend code,

docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ nudge) приходят от бота **этой партии** — по язы
 позже. Для русских игр (авто-подбор или приглашение) на экране
 новой игры есть опция **«Несколько слов за ход»** (по умолчанию **выключена**): выключена —
 упрощённое **правило одного слова**: настоящим словом должно быть только слово, выложенное
-вдоль линии хода, а случайные перпендикулярные слова игнорируются и не засчитываются;
+вдоль линии хода (и оно должно пересекать или продолжать уже стоящие на доске буквы вдоль
+этой линии), а случайные перпендикулярные слова игнорируются и не засчитываются;
 включена — обычный скрэббл. Английские игры всегда по стандартным правилам и тоггл не
 показывают. В авто-подборе выбор входит в ключ подбора, поэтому игрок сводится только с теми,
 кто выбрал то же правило. Игры с друзьями (2–4)

go.work.sum

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.0.0 h1:ntN6m4cOB+4FelleO2nkAIZ
 gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.0.0/go.mod h1:G60OiGZtkrRyYX8P3SSsjVpU707fufmZkvCkNFPFWrY=
 gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.0 h1:92jWbAZ5IK3ROrn1g3FjY0wZjeYpVWOJsl/GGT5HN1U=
 gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.0/go.mod h1:G60OiGZtkrRyYX8P3SSsjVpU707fufmZkvCkNFPFWrY=
+gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.1 h1:3HpPw1gFKX05/O4u3sQ93dxob+ANfyqOSUcpbNqm0Yo=
+gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.1/go.mod h1:G60OiGZtkrRyYX8P3SSsjVpU707fufmZkvCkNFPFWrY=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go v0.71.0 h1:bUdZ/EZj/LcVHsMqaRUP2holqygrPWQKeMjc6nZoyRM=
 github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go v0.71.0/go.mod h1:NwbNc+7jaqfY58dmdDUbG4Jl22vThgx1cYjBw0vtgXw=

loadtest/go.mod

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.26.3
 
 require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.19.2
-	gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.0
+	gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.1.1
 	github.com/google/flatbuffers v23.5.26+incompatible
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/iliadenisov/dafsa v1.1.0