diff --git a/src/activities/letter-in-word/Card.qml b/src/activities/letter-in-word/Card.qml
--- a/src/activities/letter-in-word/Card.qml
+++ b/src/activities/letter-in-word/Card.qml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Item {
     id: cardItem
     //width: cardImage.width
-    height: wordPic.height + cardImage.height - 30 * ApplicationInfo.ratio
+    height: wordPic.height
     property bool mouseActive: true
 
     Image {
@@ -43,32 +43,15 @@
 
     Image {
         id: cardImage
-        anchors.top: wordPic.bottom
+        anchors.centerIn: wordPic
         anchors.topMargin: -30 * ApplicationInfo.ratio
-        sourceSize.width: cardItem.width - 10
+        sourceSize.width: cardItem.width - 20
+        sourceSize.height: width
         fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
         source: Activity.resUrl2 + "cloud.svg"
         z: (state == 'scaled') ? 1 : -1
         //visible: index % 2 != 0 ? false : true
-
-        GCText {
-            id: textItem
-            z: 11
-            // textFound is the rich text with letter found, spelling is the text in the dataset
-            text:"<font color=\"#2a2a2a\">" + (selected ? textFound : spelling) + "</font>"
-            property string textFound: spelling
-            textFormat: Text.RichText
-            font.pointSize: NaN  // need to clear font.pointSize explicitly
-            font.pixelSize: spelling.length > 5 ? (spelling.length > 7 ? cardImage.width * 0.19 : cardImage.width * 0.25): cardImage.width * 0.30
-            font.bold: true
-            style: Text.Outline
-            width: cardImage.width
-            height: cardImage.height
-            wrapMode: spelling.indexOf(' ') === -1 ? Text.WrapAnywhere : Text.WordWrap
-            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
-            styleColor: "white"
-        }
+        opacity: 0.4
 
         states:
             State {
@@ -89,13 +72,13 @@
             running: selected
             loops: 2
             NumberAnimation {
-                target: cardImage
+                targets: [cardImage,textItem]
                 easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                 property: "rotation"
                 to: 20; duration: 500
             }
             NumberAnimation {
-                target: cardImage
+                targets: [cardImage,textItem]
                 easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                 property: "rotation"; to: -20
                 duration: 500
@@ -112,14 +95,14 @@
             NumberAnimation {
                 target: cardImage
                 property: "opacity"
-                to: 1; duration: 400
+                to: 0.4; duration: 400
             }
         }
 
         NumberAnimation {
             id: rotationStop
             running: !selected
-            target: cardImage
+            targets: [cardImage,textItem]
             property: "rotation"
             to: 0
             duration: 500
@@ -128,9 +111,28 @@
 
     }
 
+    GCText {
+            id: textItem
+            z: 11
+            // textFound is the rich text with letter found, spelling is the text in the dataset
+            text:"<font color=\"#2a2a2a\">" + (selected ? textFound : spelling) + "</font>"
+            property string textFound: spelling
+            textFormat: Text.RichText
+            font.pointSize: NaN  // need to clear font.pointSize explicitly
+            font.pixelSize: spelling.length > 5 ? (spelling.length > 7 ? cardImage.width * 0.19 : cardImage.width * 0.25): cardImage.width * 0.30
+            font.bold: true
+            style: Text.Outline
+            width: cardImage.width
+            height: cardImage.height
+            wrapMode: spelling.indexOf(' ') === -1 ? Text.WrapAnywhere : Text.WordWrap
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+            styleColor: "white"
+    }
+
     MouseArea {
         id: mouseArea
-        anchors.fill: parent
+        anchors.fill: textItem
         hoverEnabled: ApplicationInfo.isMobile ? false : true
         onClicked: {
             select();