Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #26
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: North
- Round wind: West
- 3-faan minimum
- 46 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 9
Your handYou · North
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · West
- Discards
Across · South
- Discards
- Flowers
Right · East
- Discards
- Flowers
What would Sifu discard?
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Show Sifu's answer
Sifu discards
Four of Dots
Discard 4 Dots · keeps 2 waits (8 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on 4 Characters, 7 Characters (8 left).
Sifu's reasoning
The 4 Dots is isolated: no tile in your hand is within two of it. Without it you are ready: 3 complete sets, a pair of 5 Bamboo, and a two-sided 5-6 Characters, waiting on 4 Characters or 7 Characters (8 left). A win off a discard is worth 3 faan (concealed hand +1, seat season +1, prevailing wind pong +1). Throwing the 6 Bamboo you just drew 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
Five of Characters, Six of Characters, Two of Bamboo, Three of Bamboo, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo, Eight of Bamboo, West WindWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Four of DotsBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 4 Characters, 7 Characters (8 left).
