diff --git a/locales/en/apgames.json b/locales/en/apgames.json
index ef43e45f..f9a20559 100644
--- a/locales/en/apgames.json
+++ b/locales/en/apgames.json
@@ -3685,7 +3685,8 @@
             "PARTIAL_PIECE_MOVE": "Provide the destination for your piece.",
             "REPEAT_RECEIVER": "You can't move the ball to the same piece twice in a row.",
             "REPEATED_POSITION": "This move would repeat an earlier position and is therefore invalid.",
-            "START_BALL_MOVE": "Provide a destination for the ball."
+            "START_BALL_MOVE": "Provide a destination for the ball.",
+            "NO_AVAILABLE_RECEIVERS": "You can not move the ball as there are no eligible receivers."
         },
         "realm": {
             "ALIGNED_BASE": "You may not place a base that shares a row or column with another friendly base unless (a) you have no other options or (b) you are playing with the 'Relaxed Placement' variant.",
diff --git a/src/games/razzle.ts b/src/games/razzle.ts
index 16cae45a..49b66a10 100644
--- a/src/games/razzle.ts
+++ b/src/games/razzle.ts
@@ -477,11 +477,18 @@ export class RazzleGame extends GameBase {
                         );
                         return result;
                     } else {
-                        result.valid = true;
-                        result.complete = 1;
-                        result.message = i18next.t(
-                            "apgames:validation._general.VALID_MOVE"
-                        );
+                        if (cells.length === 1) {
+                            result.valid = false;
+                            result.message = i18next.t(
+                                "apgames:validation.razzle.NO_AVAILABLE_RECEIVERS"
+                            );
+                        } else {
+                            result.valid = true;
+                            result.complete = 1;
+                            result.message = i18next.t(
+                                "apgames:validation._general.VALID_MOVE"
+                            );
+                        }
                         return result;
                     }
                 }