Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #12
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: East
- Round wind: West
- 3-faan minimum
- 62 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 7
Your handYou · East
- Melds
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · North
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · West
- Discards
- Melds
Right · South
- Discards
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
Red Dragon
Discard Red Dragon · keeps 2 waits (8 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Dots, 6 Dots (8 left).
Sifu's reasoning
A pong of the Red Dragon would score, but a lone copy needs two more to get there (2 unseen). Without it you are ready: 3 sets (1 exposed), a pair of 7 Bamboo, and a two-sided 4-5 Dots, waiting on 3 Dots or 6 Dots (8 left). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. The tempting choice is the 4 Characters you just drew, but it leaves you 1 step from ready instead of ready. Count steps before shapes: the tile that gets you ready comes first.
Learn more: Tile efficiency: steps from ready and useful tiles →
The discards Sifu weighed
Four of Characters, Five of Characters, Six of Characters, Four of Dots, Five of Dots, Seven of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Red DragonBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Dots, 6 Dots (8 left).
