Seat wind: East, Round wind: South, 3-faan minimum, 61 tiles left in the wall, Your turn 7. Your hand: Two of Characters, Three of Characters, Seven of Dots, Eight of Dots, Nine of Dots, Six of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo, Eight of Bamboo, Nine of Bamboo, White Dragon. Just drawn: Five of Bamboo. What would Sifu discard?

Daily Puzzle

Daily Mahjong Puzzle #23

Friday, October 23, 2026Difficulty: Medium

Seat wind: East
Round wind: South
3-faan minimum
61 tiles left in the wall
Your turn 7

Your handYou · East

Melds
Flowers
Discards

The other players

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

What would Sifu discard?

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Sifu discards

White Dragon

Discard White Dragon · 1 step from ready

1 step from ready with 29 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 15.

Sifu's reasoning

A pong of the White Dragon would score, but a lone copy needs two more, and only 1 is still unseen. Without it you keep 3 sets (1 exposed), no pair yet, and 2 partial shapes: 1 step from ready with 29 useful tiles. Your faan so far: the Green Dragon pong (+1), only 1 of the 3 needed. Throwing the 5 Bamboo you just drew keeps only 15 useful tiles instead of 29. Tile efficiency in one line: at equal steps, the most useful tiles wins.

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The discards Sifu weighed

Two of Characters, Three of CharactersWeak
Sifu keeps 29 useful tiles; yours kept 10.
Seven of Dots, Eight of Dots, Nine of Dots, Seven of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile leaves you 1 step from ready; yours left you 2.
Five of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 29 useful tiles; yours kept 15.
Six of Bamboo, Eight of Bamboo, Nine of BambooWeak
Sifu keeps 29 useful tiles; yours kept 12.
White DragonBest
1 step from ready with 29 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 15.