diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-active-rail.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-active-rail.svelte
index f31167fbf..650cdae9c 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-active-rail.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-active-rail.svelte
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@
 			rail = null;
 			return;
 		}
-		const br = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+		// Climb to the TOP-LEVEL block (a direct child of content) so the rail
+		// spans the whole block — e.g. a full table, not the clicked cell.
+		let top: HTMLElement = el;
+		while (top.parentElement && top.parentElement !== content) {
+			top = top.parentElement;
+		}
+		const br = top.getBoundingClientRect();
 		const fr = frame.getBoundingClientRect();
 		const cr = content.getBoundingClientRect();
 		// Hide when the active block is scrolled out of the content viewport.
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-block-gutter.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-block-gutter.svelte
index 8f7089924..2a322abe0 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-block-gutter.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-block-gutter.svelte
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@
 		show = false;
 	}
 	function remove() {
+		// Capture the target BEFORE the delete (reading the doc after returns
+		// the wrong block); move the active to the previous block.
+		const kids = api.document.children;
+		const prevId = (index > 0 ? kids[index - 1]?.id : kids[1]?.id) ?? null;
 		api.applyCommand({ type: 'deleteBlock', blockIndex: index });
+		api.setActiveBlock(prevId);
 		show = false;
 	}
 	function insert(block: Record<string, unknown>) {
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
index 388f893ad..89d9e3bd1 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@
 
 	const activeBlockPath = $derived<readonly number[] | undefined>(activeLoc?.path);
 
+	// Delete the active TOP-LEVEL block (mirrors the gutter menu's Delete) and
+	// keep a block active by moving to the previous one (or the new first).
+	function deleteActiveBlock() {
+		if (activeIndex < 0) return;
+		// Capture the target BEFORE the delete — reading the doc AFTER
+		// `deleteBlock` returns the wrong block. Move to the previous block
+		// (or, when deleting the first, the one that becomes first).
+		const kids = api.document.children;
+		const prevId = (activeIndex > 0 ? kids[activeIndex - 1]?.id : kids[1]?.id) ?? null;
+		api.applyCommand({ type: 'deleteBlock', blockIndex: activeIndex });
+		api.setActiveBlock(prevId);
+	}
+
 	// Nesting depth of the active node (1 = top-level block, 2 = column,
 	// 3 = block-inside-a-column, …), capped at 4. Stamped on the inspector
 	// root so the header mark/wash picks up the SAME depth accent the canvas
@@ -414,6 +427,19 @@
 							activeLoc.ancestry[activeLoc.ancestry.length - 1]
 						)}{/if}
 				</span>
+				{#if activeIndex >= 0}
+					<Button
+						data-words-inspector-delete
+						variant="ghost"
+						size="xs"
+						iconOnly
+						rounded="md"
+						aria-label="Delete block"
+						onclick={deleteActiveBlock}
+					>
+						{#snippet icon()}<Trash2 />{/snippet}
+					</Button>
+				{/if}
 			</div>
 		</header>
 
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
index fecbb0161..4da5884a3 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 }
+/* Delete-block button — pinned to the right edge of the inspector title row. */
+[data-words-inspector-delete] {
+	flex: none;
+	margin-inline-start: auto;
+	color: var(--color-threat-solid);
+}
 /* Invalid free-text input (column width / gap / image URL) — a red ring
    that does not shift layout. Set imperatively by the panel's commit
    helpers when a value fails validation; cleared on the next valid commit