diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/stdlib.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/stdlib.rs
index 8fd77600..bd108152 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/stdlib.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/stdlib.rs
@@ -311,11 +311,20 @@ do
     local _gsub = string.gsub
 
     function wipe(t)
-        -- `t = t or {}` and a returned table: TurtleWoW's `Blizzard_RaidUI.lua:77,116` clears its
-        -- `RAID_SUBGROUP_LISTS` with `t[i] = wipe(t[i])` and then `tinsert`s into it, so `wipe` of
-        -- a never-populated entry must hand back a table to insert into.
-        t = t or {}
-        for k in pairs(t) do t[k] = nil end
+        -- `Globals.lua:126`'s body: the `tremove` walk down from `getn` resets 5.0's remembered
+        -- table size, which a bare `pairs` clear leaves stale — a list refilled after `wipe` would
+        -- then count the old length and read holes (LFT's group list). A nil (or non-table) hands
+        -- back a table, as TurtleWoW's `Blizzard_RaidUI.lua:77,116` clears `RAID_SUBGROUP_LISTS`
+        -- with `t[i] = wipe(t[i])` and then `tinsert`s into it.
+        if type(t) ~= "table" then
+            return {}
+        end
+        for i = getn(t), 1, -1 do
+            tremove(t, i)
+        end
+        for k in pairs(t) do
+            rawset(t, k, nil)
+        end
         return t
     end
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/stdlib.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/stdlib.rs
index 5de1dab1..9cee177c 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/stdlib.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/stdlib.rs
@@ -71,29 +71,40 @@ fn stdlib_aliases_and_helpers() {
 }
 
 /// `wipe` empties the table IN PLACE (the reference's `UIFrameFade_CreateInfo` reuses the same
-/// `fadeInfo` table across calls) and returns nothing.
+/// `fadeInfo` table across calls) and hands the same table back, as TurtleWoW's `Globals.lua:126`
+/// does; the `tremove` walk resets 5.0's remembered size.
 #[test]
-fn wipe_empties_in_place_and_returns_nothing() {
+fn wipe_empties_in_place_and_returns_the_table() {
     let s = script();
     assert_eq!(
         s.eval::<i64>(
             r#"
             local t = { "a", 2, [ "k" ] = true }
             local held = t
-            wipe(t)
-            return getn(t) == 0 and t.k == nil and held == t and 1 or 0
+            local back = wipe(t)
+            return getn(t) == 0 and t.k == nil and held == t and back == t and 1 or 0
             "#
         )
         .unwrap(),
         1,
-        "wipe must empty the caller's own table, not replace it, and must leave no keys"
+        "wipe must empty the caller's own table, leave no keys, and return it"
+    );
+    // The remembered size resets, so a list refilled after `wipe` counts from 1: a stale size is
+    // the nil-index crash TurtleWoW's LFT group list hit on its second fill.
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<i64>(
+            r#"
+            local t = {}
+            tinsert(t, "a"); tinsert(t, "b"); tinsert(t, "c")
+            wipe(t)
+            tinsert(t, "x")
+            return getn(t)
+            "#
+        )
+        .unwrap(),
+        1,
+        "a refill after wipe must count from 1, not the wiped length"
     );
-    // 1.12's VM has no `select` (a 5.1 addition), so the arity is read by packing into locals:
-    // only a no-value return leaves both nil.
-    let returns_nothing: bool = s
-        .eval("local a, b = wipe({1}) return a == nil and b == nil")
-        .unwrap();
-    assert!(returns_nothing, "wipe returns no values");
 }
 
 /// `strsplit` splits on PLAIN text, not Lua patterns: a `.` is a full stop, not "any character".