Dear Diary

THE ORDER OF THE TILE

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Issue No. 29 · OCTOBER 2026

Dear Diary

“The wall knows. Now so do you.”

My Fellow Table Guests,

October has arrived at the table, and Prim would like to open the month by asking you to look somewhere you almost never look. Not at your rack. Not at the card. At the middle.

Every tile your table has given up this afternoon is lying there, faceup, in plain sight. The leftovers from the Charleston that nobody wanted. The early winds thrown without a second thought. The Five Dot somebody held far longer than was comfortable before she finally let it go. Most players glance at that pile only long enough to see whether the newest tile is one they can call, and then their eyes go straight back to their own tiles, where they stay.

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In this letter The DrawHow she always seems to know Crak the CardCounting what is gone, and what it rules out The Table Is AskingMay you look back through the pile, and how much of it may you say out loud? Who’s TalkingThe man who took the card away and found the defense still standing Tile EnvyWhere the diary is kept Set Your RackTwenty four games of discards in a single Sunday Crak IntelligenceWhere “reading the wall” comes from, as best anyone can tell The Weekly ChallengeSeven racks. Your call. Then Prim’s.

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Save a seat for a friend Every table is better with one more. Know someone who would enjoy this letter? Send them a note from you. They sign up free, get Prim every Thursday, and get the free Weekly Challenge, so the two of you can gab about it later. Or are you afraid they will become better than you? Invite a friend to play free ›