diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
index 367f758f2..a23db96d8 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ public class DBUtils {
         public int m_maxShown;
         public int m_pos;
         public int m_top;
-        public int[] m_counts;
+        public String m_prefix;
         public int m_count;
+        public int[] m_counts;
     }
 
     public static GameSummary getSummary( Context context, long rowid, 
@@ -960,7 +961,8 @@ public class DBUtils {
             SQLiteDatabase db = s_dbHelper.getReadableDatabase();
             String[] columns = { DBHelper.ITERPOS, DBHelper.ITERTOP,
                                  DBHelper.ITERMIN, DBHelper.ITERMAX,
-                                 DBHelper.WORDCOUNTS, DBHelper.WORDCOUNT };
+                                 DBHelper.WORDCOUNTS, DBHelper.WORDCOUNT,
+                                 DBHelper.ITERPREFIX };
             String selection = String.format( NAME_FMT, DBHelper.DICTNAME, name );
             Cursor cursor = db.query( DBHelper.TABLE_NAME_DICTS, columns, 
                                       selection, null, null, null, null );
@@ -976,6 +978,9 @@ public class DBUtils {
                 result.m_maxShown = 
                     cursor.getInt( cursor
                                    .getColumnIndex(DBHelper.ITERMAX));
+                result.m_prefix = 
+                    cursor.getString( cursor
+                                      .getColumnIndex(DBHelper.ITERPREFIX));
                 result.m_count = 
                     cursor.getInt( cursor.getColumnIndex(DBHelper.WORDCOUNT));
                 String counts = 
@@ -1007,6 +1012,7 @@ public class DBUtils {
             values.put( DBHelper.ITERTOP, state.m_top );
             values.put( DBHelper.ITERMIN, state.m_minShown );
             values.put( DBHelper.ITERMAX, state.m_maxShown );
+            values.put( DBHelper.ITERPREFIX, state.m_prefix );
             values.put( DBHelper.WORDCOUNT, state.m_count );
             if ( null != state.m_counts ) {
                 String[] nums = new String[state.m_counts.length];
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseActivity.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseActivity.java
index 7f19aaece..47b08a19e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseActivity.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseActivity.java
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ public class DictBrowseActivity extends XWListActivity
         if ( null == m_browseState ) {
             m_browseState = DBUtils.dictsGetOffset( this, m_name );
         }
+        showPrefix( true );
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -308,6 +309,20 @@ public class DictBrowseActivity extends XWListActivity
         EditText edit = (EditText)findViewById( R.id.word_edit );
         String text = edit.getText().toString();
         if ( null != text && 0 < text.length() ) {
+            m_browseState.m_prefix = text;
+            showPrefix( false );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void showPrefix( boolean fillField ) 
+    {
+        String text = m_browseState.m_prefix;
+        if ( null != text && 0 < text.length() ) {
+            if ( fillField ) {
+                EditText edit = (EditText)findViewById( R.id.word_edit );
+                edit.setText( text );
+            }
+
             int pos = XwJNI.dict_iter_getStartsWith( m_dictClosure, text );
             if ( 0 <= pos ) {
                 getListView().setSelection( pos );