diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Scrabble-solver build helpers.
+#
+# `make dawg` (re)builds the committed dictionary DAWGs under dawg/ from their word lists:
+#   en_sowpods.dawg  — English SOWPODS (Latin alphabet)
+#   ru_scrabble.dawg — Russian Scrabble nouns (Cyrillic, 33 letters)
+#   ru_erudit.dawg   — Эрудит (the same list with Ё→Е folded and de-duped)
+
+GO        ?= go
+PYTHON    ?= python3
+DAWG_DIR  := dawg
+BUILDDICT := $(GO) run ./cmd/builddict
+
+.PHONY: dawg dawg-en dawg-ru dawg-erudit clean-dawg
+
+dawg: dawg-en dawg-ru dawg-erudit
+
+dawg-en:
+	$(BUILDDICT) -dict dictionaries/english/sowpods.txt -alphabet latin -name en_sowpods -out $(DAWG_DIR)
+
+dawg-ru:
+	$(BUILDDICT) -dict dictprep/russian/scrabble.txt -alphabet russian -name ru_scrabble -out $(DAWG_DIR)
+
+dawg-erudit:
+	$(PYTHON) dictprep/fold_yo.py dictprep/russian/scrabble.txt > /tmp/ru_erudit_words.txt
+	$(BUILDDICT) -dict /tmp/ru_erudit_words.txt -alphabet russian -name ru_erudit -out $(DAWG_DIR)
+
+clean-dawg:
+	rm -f $(DAWG_DIR)/*.dawg
diff --git a/cmd/builddict/main.go b/cmd/builddict/main.go
index a6a7320..567713d 100644
--- a/cmd/builddict/main.go
+++ b/cmd/builddict/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-// Command builddict converts a word list into a serialized DAWG, cached under testdata
-// for the tests and the benchmark. By default it reads the English SOWPODS list from
-// the dictionaries submodule.
+// Command builddict converts a word list into a serialized DAWG. By default it reads the
+// English SOWPODS list (Latin alphabet); pass -alphabet russian for the Cyrillic lists.
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -23,9 +22,18 @@ func main() {
 	name := flag.String("name", "sowpods", "base name for the output file")
 	minLen := flag.Int("min", 2, "minimum word length")
 	maxLen := flag.Int("max", 15, "maximum word length")
+	alpha := flag.String("alphabet", "latin", "alphabet: latin (English) or russian")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	idx := alphabet.Latin()
+	var idx alphabet.Indexer
+	switch *alpha {
+	case "latin":
+		idx = alphabet.Latin()
+	case "russian":
+		idx = alphabet.Embedded(alphabet.Langs.LangRu)
+	default:
+		log.Fatalf("unknown -alphabet %q (want latin or russian)", *alpha)
+	}
 
 	t0 := time.Now()
 	words, err := wordlist.Read(*dict, idx, *minLen, *maxLen)
diff --git a/dawg/en_sowpods.dawg b/dawg/en_sowpods.dawg
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diff --git a/dawg/ru_scrabble.dawg b/dawg/ru_scrabble.dawg
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diff --git a/dictprep/fold_yo.py b/dictprep/fold_yo.py
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+++ b/dictprep/fold_yo.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fold Ё/ё → Е/е in a word list and de-duplicate — the dictionary prep for "Эрудит".
+
+The Эрудит ruleset has no Ё tile and treats Е/Ё as one letter, so its dictionary must be
+folded before the DAWG is built. Folding merges pairs like ёж/еж, hence the de-dup. Output
+is sorted (Russian order over the 32 folded letters) and LF-separated.
+
+Run:  python3 dictprep/fold_yo.py dictprep/russian/scrabble.txt > /tmp/ru_erudit_words.txt
+"""
+import sys
+
+ORDER = {c: i for i, c in enumerate("абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя")}  # 32 letters, no ё
+
+
+def key(w):
+    return [ORDER.get(c, 99) for c in w]
+
+
+def main():
+    src = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "/dev/stdin"
+    words = {line.strip().replace("ё", "е").replace("Ё", "Е") for line in open(src, encoding="utf-8")}
+    words.discard("")
+    sys.stdout.write("\n".join(sorted(words, key=key)) + "\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()