diff --git a/assets/react/controllers/GameRow.jsx b/assets/react/controllers/GameRow.jsx
index 45d1986..bd3828a 100644
--- a/assets/react/controllers/GameRow.jsx
+++ b/assets/react/controllers/GameRow.jsx
@@ -50,24 +50,23 @@ export default function GameRow({ actorName, pos, colStart, totalWidth, hintType
                     );
                 }
 
+                const isMainActorCell = charIndex === pos;
                 const attemptedLetter = typeof attemptedLetters?.[charIndex] === 'string'
                     ? attemptedLetters[charIndex].toUpperCase()
                     : '';
                 const correctLetter = ch.toUpperCase();
-                const revealState = !revealed
+                const revealState = !revealed || isMainActorCell
                     ? null
-                    : attemptedLetter === ''
-                        ? null
-                        : attemptedLetter === correctLetter
-                            ? 'correct'
-                            : 'wrong';
+                    : attemptedLetter === correctLetter
+                        ? 'correct'
+                        : 'wrong';
 
                 return (
                     <LetterInput
                         key={colIndex}
                         rowIndex={rowIndex}
                         charIndex={charIndex}
-                        highlighted={!revealed && charIndex === pos}
+                        highlighted={isMainActorCell}
                         inputRef={setInputRef(charIndex)}
                         onNext={() => focusNextInput(charIndex, 1)}
                         onPrev={() => focusNextInput(charIndex, -1)}