Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #33
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: North
- Round wind: South
- 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?
Made your choice? Check it against Sifu.
Show Sifu's answer
Sifu discards
Four of Characters
Discard 4 Characters · keeps 2 waits (7 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Dots, 6 Dots (7 left).
Sifu's reasoning
The 4 Characters is a spare copy: another 4 Characters already sits in your 2-3-4 Characters run. Without it you are ready: 3 complete sets, a pair of 3 Bamboo, and a two-sided 4-5 Dots, waiting on 3 Dots or 6 Dots (7 left). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. The tempting choice is the 4 Bamboo you just drew, but it leaves you 1 step from ready instead of ready. Before anything else, look for the discard that makes you ready.
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The discards Sifu weighed
Two of Characters, Three of Characters, Four of Dots, Five of Dots, Three of Bamboo, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo, Eight of Bamboo, Nine of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Four of CharactersBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Dots, 6 Dots (7 left).
