diff --git a/public/js/data.js b/public/js/data.js
index a3aa7d6..1051b31 100644
--- a/public/js/data.js
+++ b/public/js/data.js
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ function setPic(el, pic){
   else el.textContent = pic;
 }
 
+/* ---- ARASAAC pictogram lookup (shared by the word editor + anchor grid) ---- */
+async function arasaacSearch(term, lang){
+  const resp = await fetch(`https://api.arasaac.org/api/pictograms/${lang}/search/${encodeURIComponent(term)}`);
+  if(!resp.ok) throw new Error("http "+resp.status);
+  return resp.json();
+}
+const arasaacUrl = id => `https://static.arasaac.org/pictograms/${id}/${id}_300.png`;
+
 /* ---- shared word source (general card + themes + anchor grids) ---- */
 /* anchor-word widgets register their words here so every language widget
    can use them as a theme automatically */
diff --git a/public/js/widgets/anchor.js b/public/js/widgets/anchor.js
index 7b6ce14..2a1da84 100644
--- a/public/js/widgets/anchor.js
+++ b/public/js/widgets/anchor.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function mountAnchor(root, initState){
   const CW = 128, CH = 56, G = 10;
   /* colour cycle for connecting words: none → green → blue → red → purple → orange → yellow */
   const COLS = [null,"#3fae6a","#3b7dd8","#e0554d","#9b59b6","#f28c38","#d9a400"];
-  const S = { cells:{}, pan:{x:0, y:0} };
+  const S = { cells:{}, pan:{x:0, y:0}, pics:{} };
   if(initState){
     const src = initState.cells || {};
     Object.keys(src).forEach(k=>{
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ function mountAnchor(root, initState){
       S.cells[k] = (typeof v==="string") ? {t:v, c:null} : {t:v.t||"", c:v.c||null};
     });
     S.pan = initState.pan || {x:0, y:0};
+    S.pics = initState.pics || {};   /* word -> auto-fetched pictogram (or fallback emoji) */
+  }
+  const FALLBACK_PIC = "⚓";
+  const fetching = new Set();
+  /* auto-fetch a matching picture per word instead of using the anchor emoji for everything */
+  function fetchPic(word){
+    if(S.pics[word] !== undefined || fetching.has(word)) return;
+    fetching.add(word);
+    arasaacSearch(word, LANG).then(arr=>{
+      S.pics[word] = (arr && arr.length) ? arasaacUrl(arr[0]._id) : FALLBACK_PIC;
+    }).catch(()=>{
+      S.pics[word] = FALLBACK_PIC;
+    }).finally(()=>{
+      fetching.delete(word);
+      syncSource();
+    });
   }
   root.innerHTML = `
     <div class="an">
@@ -38,7 +54,8 @@ function mountAnchor(root, initState){
       const w = (S.cells[k].t||"").trim().toLowerCase();
       if(/^[a-zà-ÿ]{2,12}$/.test(w) && !seen.has(w)){
         seen.add(w);
-        reg.words.push([w, "⚓"]);
+        if(S.pics[w] === undefined) fetchPic(w);
+        reg.words.push([w, S.pics[w] || FALLBACK_PIC]);
       }
     });
     if(!quiet) document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("wordschange"));
@@ -154,6 +171,6 @@ function mountAnchor(root, initState){
   syncSource(true);
   render();
   if(reg.words.length) document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("wordschange"));
-  return { getState: ()=>({ cells:S.cells, pan:S.pan }) };
+  return { getState: ()=>({ cells:S.cells, pan:S.pan, pics:S.pics }) };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/js/widgets/letters.js b/public/js/widgets/letters.js
index 1f01130..1e7a163 100644
--- a/public/js/widgets/letters.js
+++ b/public/js/widgets/letters.js
@@ -404,13 +404,11 @@ function mountLetterGame(root, initState){
     edStatus.textContent = T("pictoLoad");
     edPGrid.innerHTML = "";
     try{
-      const resp = await fetch(`https://api.arasaac.org/api/pictograms/${S.lang}/search/${encodeURIComponent(term)}`);
-      if(!resp.ok) throw new Error("http "+resp.status);
-      const arr = await resp.json();
+      const arr = await arasaacSearch(term, S.lang);
       if(!arr.length){ edStatus.textContent = T("pictoNone"); return; }
       edStatus.textContent = "";
       arr.slice(0,12).forEach(p=>{
-        const url = `https://static.arasaac.org/pictograms/${p._id}/${p._id}_300.png`;
+        const url = arasaacUrl(p._id);
         const b = document.createElement("button");
         b.type="button";
         const im = document.createElement("img");