Seat wind: East, Round wind: West, 3-faan minimum, 51 tiles left in the wall, Your turn 9. Your hand: Four of Characters, Seven of Characters, Eight of Characters, Nine of Characters, Two of Dots, Three of Dots, Four of Dots, Six of Dots, Nine of Dots, Nine of Dots, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo. Just drawn: One of Characters. What would Sifu discard?

Daily Puzzle

Daily Mahjong Puzzle #36

Thursday, November 5, 2026Difficulty: Medium

Seat wind: East
Round wind: West
3-faan minimum
51 tiles left in the wall
Your turn 9

Your handYou · East

Discards

The other players

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

What would Sifu discard?

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Sifu discards

One of Characters

Discard 1 Characters · 1 step from ready, safe vs North

1 step from ready with 31 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 25. Safe against North too.

Sifu's reasoning

The 1 Characters you just drew is an isolated terminal: no tile in your hand is within two of it. Without it you keep 3 complete sets and a pair of 9 Dots: 1 step from ready with 31 useful tiles. The tempting choice is the isolated 4 Characters, but it keeps only 25 useful tiles instead of 31. Same steps from ready? Keep the tiles that accept the most draws.

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The discards Sifu weighed

One of CharactersBest
1 step from ready with 31 useful tiles. The next best tile kept 25. Safe against North too.
Four of CharactersWeak
Sifu keeps 31 useful tiles; yours kept 25.
Seven of Characters, Eight of Characters, Nine of Characters, Two of Dots, Three of Dots, Four of Dots, Nine of Dots, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, Six of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile leaves you 1 step from ready; yours left you 2.
Six of DotsWeak
Sifu keeps 31 useful tiles; yours kept 18.