The move of the month: November 2026
Every day we pick two throws from our computer opponents' games: one that was exactly right and one that was not. These are the best and the worst of November 2026 so far, through November 12, 2026, chosen from 12 days of picks.
The move of the month November 5, 2026
One of our computer opponents, sitting north, threw the White Dragon right at the end, 6 tiles left.
The Coach: I'd have thrown the White Dragon too. Nothing else on that rack came close. Every other tile was doing something.
The rack when the tile was thrown (6 tiles left in the wall)
thrown, and right
The bad move of the month November 9, 2026
One of our computer opponents, sitting east, threw the 2 Dot with 51 tiles left.
The Coach: I'd have kept the 2 Dot and thrown the Flower. The 2 Dot was still worth keeping.
The rack when the tile was thrown (51 tiles left in the wall)
my choice
thrown
How we choose
- The move of the month is the daily pick with the clearest right answer, where we rated the tile thrown furthest ahead of the next best tile. When two are level, the one made with fewer tiles left in the wall wins, then the earlier day.
- The bad move of the month is the daily pick where the tile thrown was furthest below the best tile, then the earlier day.
- November 2026 had 12 daily picks of a good move and 5 of a bad move. A day gets no bad move when none of the games we read had one.