diff --git a/dawg/Hex/Makefile b/dawg/Hex/Makefile
index cf710fa59..96d54ff1b 100644
--- a/dawg/Hex/Makefile
+++ b/dawg/Hex/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2002 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights reserved.
+# -*- mode: makefile; -*-
+# Copyright 2002-2009 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights
+# reserved.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 
 XWLANG = Hex
 LANGCODE = hex
+ENC = UTF-8
 
 TARGET_TYPE = WINCE
 
@@ -24,14 +27,15 @@ include ../Makefile.2to8
 include ../Makefile.langcommon
 
 # Pass in your own dict here by setting DICT
-DICT ?= $(XWDICTPATH)/English/SOWPODS_official.txt.gz
+DICT ?= $(XWDICTPATH)/English/CSW.dict.gz
 
-# Feel free to base this on whatever dictionary you have at hand.  I'm
-# using CollegeEng for no particular reason.
+# tr 'AE' 'ÄË' doesn't work, so use sed.
 $(XWLANG)Main.dict.gz: $(DICT)
 	@echo "building $@ from $<"
 	zcat $< | tr [a-f] [A-F] | grep -e '^[A-F]\{2,8\}$$' | \
 		echo CAFEBABE DEADBEEF $$(cat -) | \
+		sed 's/A/Ä/g' | \
+		sed 's/E/Ë/g' | \
 		tr ' ' '\n' | sort | gzip > $@
 
 # Everything but creating of the Main.dict file is inherited from the
diff --git a/dawg/Hex/info.txt b/dawg/Hex/info.txt
index fcd4f6baf..526041cf1 100755
--- a/dawg/Hex/info.txt
+++ b/dawg/Hex/info.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2002 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights reserved.
+# -*- mode: conf; -*-
+# Copyright 2002-2009 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights
+# reserved.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -16,14 +18,14 @@
 
 LANGCODE:HEX
 
-
-
 # uppercase all
 LANGFILTER: tr [a-f] [A-F]
 LANGFILTER: | grep '^[A-F]*$'
+LANGFILTER: | sed 's/A/Ä/'
+LANGFILTER: | sed 's/E/Ë/'
 LANGFILTER: | sort -u
 
-D2DARGS: -nosort -term 10
+D2DARGS: -term 10
 
 LANGINFO: <p>The hex "language" is something of a programmers' joke.
 LANGINFO: Hex is short for hexadecimal, a 16-base number system whose
@@ -41,8 +43,6 @@ LANGINFO: tiles and games play quickly.  That's also why the Hex
 LANGINFO: tile set has four blanks; that's the largest number
 LANGINFO: Crosswords supports and I needed to test at the limit.</p>
 
-
-
 # High bit means "official".  Next 7 bits are an enum where Hex==127
 # (I just made that up; not sure what it was originally.)  Low byte is
 # padding
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ XLOC_HEADER:0xFF00
 
 <BEGIN_TILES>
 4			0		{"_"}
-9			1		'A'
+9			1		'Ä'
 2			3		'B'
 2			3		'C'
 4			2		'D'
-12			1		'E'
+12			1		'Ë'
 2			4		'F'
 <END_TILES>
 # should ignore all after the <END_TILES> above