The move of the month: October 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 October 2026, chosen from 31 days of picks.
The move of the month October 26, 2026
One of our computer opponents, sitting north, threw the Red Dragon right at the end, 16 tiles left.
The Coach: I'd have thrown the Red Dragon too. Nothing else on that rack came close. Every other tile was doing something.
The rack when the tile was thrown (16 tiles left in the wall)
thrown, and right
The bad move of the month October 16, 2026
One of our computer opponents, sitting south, threw the South right at the end, 16 tiles left. There was a pair of them in hand.
The Coach: I'd have kept the South and thrown the 7 Bam. The 7 Bam was doing nothing for that rack.
The rack when the tile was thrown (16 tiles left in the wall)
thrown
my choice
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.
- October 2026 had 31 daily picks of a good move and 9 of a bad move. A day gets no bad move when none of the games we read had one.