Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #38
Difficulty: Hard
- Seat wind: North
- Round wind: West
- 3-faan minimum
- 52 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 8
Your handYou · North
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · West
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · South
- Discards
Right · East
- Discards
- Flowers
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
Seven of Bamboo
Discard 7 Bamboo · waits on West Wind (1 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on West Wind (1 left).
Sifu's reasoning
The 7 Bamboo is surplus: the tiles around it already have a job in a set, pair or shape. Without it you are ready: 3 complete sets and two pairs, 8 Bamboo and West Wind, so either can make the pong (1 left; 8 Bamboo would not reach 3 faan). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. Throwing the 3 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
Four of Characters, Five of Characters, Six of Characters, Five of Dots, Six of Dots, Seven of Dots, Three of Bamboo, Four of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo, West WindWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Seven of BambooBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on West Wind (1 left).
Eight of BambooWeak
Your wait couldn't reach 3 faan; Sifu's can.
