diff --git a/frontend/src/analytics.ts b/frontend/src/analytics.ts
index 6e9b0ecc..bea2605e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/analytics.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/analytics.ts
@@ -508,7 +508,12 @@ export const initErrorTracking = (language: string): void => {
  * Track game abandonment on page unload
  */
 export const initAbandonTracking = (
-    getState: () => { language: string; activeRow: number; gameOver: boolean; lastGuessValid: boolean }
+    getState: () => {
+        language: string;
+        activeRow: number;
+        gameOver: boolean;
+        lastGuessValid: boolean;
+    }
 ): void => {
     window.addEventListener('beforeunload', () => {
         const state = getState();
diff --git a/frontend/src/game.ts b/frontend/src/game.ts
index 5ada9127..3711c49d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/game.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/game.ts
@@ -697,8 +697,11 @@ export const createGameApp = () => {
                 // Track game completion with session-aggregated frustration state
                 const langCode = this.config?.language_code || 'unknown';
                 const frustrationState = analytics.resetFrustrationState();
-                const gameStartTime = (window as Window & { _gameStartTime?: number })._gameStartTime;
-                const timeToComplete = gameStartTime ? Math.floor((Date.now() - gameStartTime) / 1000) : undefined;
+                const gameStartTime = (window as Window & { _gameStartTime?: number })
+                    ._gameStartTime;
+                const timeToComplete = gameStartTime
+                    ? Math.floor((Date.now() - gameStartTime) / 1000)
+                    : undefined;
 
                 analytics.trackGameComplete({
                     language: langCode,
@@ -735,8 +738,11 @@ export const createGameApp = () => {
                 // Track game completion (loss) with session-aggregated frustration state
                 const lossLangCode = this.config?.language_code || 'unknown';
                 const lossFrustrationState = analytics.resetFrustrationState();
-                const lossGameStartTime = (window as Window & { _gameStartTime?: number })._gameStartTime;
-                const lossTimeToComplete = lossGameStartTime ? Math.floor((Date.now() - lossGameStartTime) / 1000) : undefined;
+                const lossGameStartTime = (window as Window & { _gameStartTime?: number })
+                    ._gameStartTime;
+                const lossTimeToComplete = lossGameStartTime
+                    ? Math.floor((Date.now() - lossGameStartTime) / 1000)
+                    : undefined;
 
                 analytics.trackGameComplete({
                     language: lossLangCode,
@@ -1190,7 +1196,10 @@ export const createGameApp = () => {
                     } catch {
                         // localStorage unavailable
                     }
-                    analytics.trackSettingsChange({ setting: 'haptics', value: this.hapticsEnabled });
+                    analytics.trackSettingsChange({
+                        setting: 'haptics',
+                        value: this.hapticsEnabled,
+                    });
                 });
             },
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/index-app.ts b/frontend/src/index-app.ts
index bc0ef51a..7cc73b1a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index-app.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/index-app.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export default function createIndexApp(): App {
                 total_stats: {} as TotalStats,
                 game_results: {} as Record<string, GameResult[]>,
                 expandedLanguage: '' as string, // For stats modal expansion
+                detectedLanguage: null as Language | null,
             };
         },
 
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ export default function createIndexApp(): App {
             this.total_stats = this.calculateTotalStats();
             // Initialize languages with recently played first
             this.languages_vis = this.getSortedLanguages();
+            // Detect browser language for hero CTA
+            this.detectedLanguage = this.detectBrowserLanguage();
         },
 
         mounted() {
@@ -144,6 +147,36 @@ export default function createIndexApp(): App {
                 }
             },
 
+            detectBrowserLanguage(): Language | null {
+                try {
+                    // Try all preferred languages (navigator.languages),
+                    // falling back to navigator.language for older browsers
+                    const candidates = navigator.languages?.length
+                        ? navigator.languages
+                        : [navigator.language || ''];
+
+                    for (const browserLang of candidates) {
+                        const lower = browserLang.toLowerCase();
+                        // Try exact match first (e.g. "nb" → "nb")
+                        if (this.languages[lower]) {
+                            return this.languages[lower] as Language;
+                        }
+                        // Try prefix match (e.g. "de-AT" → "de", "pt-BR" → "pt")
+                        const prefix = lower.split('-')[0] ?? '';
+                        if (prefix && this.languages[prefix]) {
+                            return this.languages[prefix] as Language;
+                        }
+                        // Special case: Norwegian "no" → "nb" (Bokmål)
+                        if (prefix === 'no' && this.languages['nb']) {
+                            return this.languages['nb'] as Language;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch {
+                    // navigator.languages unavailable
+                }
+                return null;
+            },
+
             selectLanguageWithCode(language_code: string): void {
                 window.location.href = '/' + language_code;
             },
@@ -286,7 +319,18 @@ export default function createIndexApp(): App {
                     return rankA - rankB;
                 });
 
-                return [...playedLanguages, ...unplayedLanguages];
+                const sorted = [...playedLanguages, ...unplayedLanguages];
+
+                // If we detected the browser language, move it to the front
+                if (this.detectedLanguage) {
+                    const detectedCode = this.detectedLanguage.language_code;
+                    const idx = sorted.findIndex((l) => l.language_code === detectedCode);
+                    if (idx > 0) {
+                        sorted.unshift(sorted.splice(idx, 1)[0]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return sorted;
             },
 
             hasPlayed(language_code: string): boolean {
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index e474e73e..28a62a32 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
+import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
 
 /**
  * Playwright E2E test configuration for Wordle Global.
@@ -8,32 +8,31 @@ import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
  * Run specific test: pnpm test:e2e -g "homepage"
  */
 export default defineConfig({
-    testDir: "./e2e",
+    testDir: './e2e',
     fullyParallel: true,
     forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
     retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
     workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
-    reporter: "html",
+    reporter: 'html',
     use: {
-        baseURL: "http://127.0.0.1:8000",
-        trace: "on-first-retry",
+        baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000',
+        trace: 'on-first-retry',
     },
     projects: [
         {
-            name: "chromium",
-            use: { ...devices["Desktop Chrome"] },
+            name: 'chromium',
+            use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'] },
         },
         // Mobile viewport for responsive testing
         {
-            name: "mobile",
-            use: { ...devices["iPhone 13"] },
+            name: 'mobile',
+            use: { ...devices['iPhone 13'] },
         },
     ],
     // Local dev server - start before tests if not already running
     webServer: {
-        command:
-            ". venv/bin/activate && gunicorn --chdir webapp --bind 127.0.0.1:8000 app:app",
-        url: "http://127.0.0.1:8000",
+        command: '. venv/bin/activate && gunicorn --chdir webapp --bind 127.0.0.1:8000 app:app',
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000',
         reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
         timeout: 30000,
     },