diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index 5c63c5c..4526bd5 100755
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	wordle: {
 		minLength: 3,
 		length: 5,
+		bonusDictionaryThreshold: 1000, // minimum dictionary size to assign bonus points, prevent people from scoring full bonus points from 1-word dictionaries
 		mode: 'easy',
 	},
 	numbers: {
diff --git a/src/games/wordle.js b/src/games/wordle.js
index a288c3e..f56472c 100644
--- a/src/games/wordle.js
+++ b/src/games/wordle.js
@@ -185,11 +185,15 @@ function play(guess, context) {
 	wordle.guesses = wordle.guesses.concat([[context.user.username, upperGuess]]);
 
 	if (upperGuess === wordle.word) {
-		const points = Math.max((wordle.word.length + 1) - wordle.guesses.length, 1);
+		const assignBonusPoints = wordle.wordList.length > config.wordle.bonusDictionaryThreshold;
+		const points = assignBonusPoints
+			? Math.max((wordle.word.length + 1) - wordle.guesses.length, 1)
+			: 1;
+
 		const definition = wordle.definitions[0] ? `: ${style.italic(`${wordle.definitions[0].slice(0, 100)}${wordle.definitions[0].length > 100 ? '...' : ''}`)}` : '';
 
 		context.setPoints(context.user, points);
-		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(check, false, context)} is correct in ${wordle.guesses.length} guesses! ${style.bold(style.cyan(`${config.usernamePrefix}${context.user.username}`))} gets ${points} ${points > 1 ? 'points' : 'point'}. ${style.bold(wordle.word)}${definition}`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(check, false, context)} is correct in ${wordle.guesses.length} guesses! ${style.bold(style.cyan(`${config.usernamePrefix}${context.user.username}`))} gets ${points} ${points > 1 ? 'points' : 'point'}${assignBonusPoints ? '. ' : ` (${wordle.word.length}-letter dictionary too small for bonus points). `}${style.bold(wordle.word)}${definition}`, context.room.id);
 
 		wordles.delete(context.room.id);