Seat wind: West, Round wind: East, 3-faan minimum, 36 tiles left in the wall, Your turn 12. Your hand: Three of Characters, Five of Characters, Seven of Characters, Three of Dots, Three of Dots, Three of Dots, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo. Just drawn: Seven of Bamboo. What would Sifu discard?

Daily Puzzle

Daily Mahjong Puzzle #17

Saturday, October 17, 2026Difficulty: Hard

Seat wind: West
Round wind: East
3-faan minimum
36 tiles left in the wall
Your turn 12

Your handYou · West

Flowers
Discards

The other players

Left · South
Discards
Flowers
Across · East
Discards
Flowers
Right · North
Discards
Flowers

What would Sifu discard?

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Sifu discards

Five of Characters

Discard 5 Characters · 1 step from ready

1 step from ready with 32 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 24.

Sifu's reasoning

The 5 Characters only makes a middle 3-5 Characters with the 3 Characters, which needs 4 Characters. Without it you keep 3 complete sets and a pair of 7 Bamboo: 1 step from ready with 32 useful tiles. Throwing the 7 Bamboo you just drew keeps only 18 useful tiles instead of 32. Tile efficiency in one line: at equal steps, the most useful tiles wins.

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The discards Sifu weighed

Three of Characters, Seven of CharactersWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 4.
Five of CharactersBest
1 step from ready with 32 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 24.
Three of DotsWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 13.
Four of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 21.
Five of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 24.
Six of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 20.
Seven of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 32 useful tiles; yours kept 18.