Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #40
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: East
- Round wind: South
- 3-faan minimum
- 55 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 8
Your handYou · East
- Melds
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · North
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · West
- Discards
Right · South
- Discards
- Flowers
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
White Dragon
Discard White Dragon · keeps 2 waits (3 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on 8 Dots, 9 Dots (3 left).
Sifu's reasoning
A pong of the White Dragon would score, but a lone copy needs two more to get there (2 unseen). Without it you are ready: 3 sets (1 exposed) and two pairs, 8 Dots and 9 Dots, so either can make the pong (3 left). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. Many players would throw the 9 Dots you just drew, but it 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
One of Characters, Two of Characters, Three of Characters, Four of Dots, Five of Dots, Six of Dots, Eight of Dots, Nine of DotsWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
White DragonBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 8 Dots, 9 Dots (3 left).
