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diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
index 6cc4fb035..84474b6b0 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
@@ -1074,6 +1074,9 @@ class WordHinter:
except OSError as e:
error = "Word hints requires reading the file at {}: {}"
raise HintingError(error.format(dictionary, str(e)))
+ except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+ error = "Word hints expects the file at {} to be encoded as UTF-8: {}"
+ raise HintingError(error.format(dictionary, str(e)))
def extract_tag_words(
self, elem: webelem.AbstractWebElement