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Mahjong Solitaire
Match pairs of free tiles until the board is clear. Take your time.
No matching free tiles left. Shuffle the tiles that are left (adds a minute), undo a few moves, or start again.
How to play Mahjong Solitaire
The tiles are stacked in a pattern. Take them off in matching pairs until the board is empty.
- Tap a free tile, then tap its match. The pair leaves the board.
- Tiles match when they’re exactly the same: two 5 of Dots, two East winds, two red dragons.
- The exceptions: any flower matches any flower (pink border) and any season matches any season (gold border).
- Stuck? Undo as often as you like, ask for a Hint, or Shuffle the tiles that are left.
Which tiles are free?
You can only take a tile that is free: nothing sits on top of it, and it has an open side on its left or its right. Tiles above and below it don’t count.
Turn on Show free tiles under the board to see every tile you can take right now.
The tiles
There are three suits numbered 1 to 9: Dots (circles), Bamboo (sticks; the 1 is a little bird) and Characters (the number in Chinese above 萬). Then four winds (東 East, 南 South, 西 West, 北 North), three dragons (red 中, green 發 and the white dragon, a blue frame), four flowers and four seasons. Easy-read tiles puts a big number or letter in the corner of each tile, so you don’t need to know the symbols.
Daily puzzle and practice
The daily puzzle is the same for everyone each day, and the layout changes from day to day: Garden, Butterfly, then Pagoda. Clear it, then send your time to a friend and see who was quicker. In Practice you pick a layout and get a new deal whenever you like. Garden is the quickest. Pagoda is the classic big one and uses the full set of 144 tiles. All three are sized to fit a phone.
Mahjong Solitaire FAQ
Can every game be won?
Yes. Each deal is built by playing a game backwards, so there’s always a way to clear the board. You can still get stuck by taking the wrong pair. Undo goes all the way back, and a shuffle keeps the game winnable.
How is my score counted?
Your score is your time. The clock runs only while the page is open. Each hint adds 30 seconds and each shuffle adds 60 seconds. Against a friend, clearing the board beats not clearing it, then the lower time wins.
Is this the same as the game Mahjong?
No. Mahjong is a game for four players. Mahjong Solitaire uses the same tiles for a calm puzzle you play by yourself.
Is my game saved?
Yes, after every move, on this device. Close the page and carry on later. The daily puzzle and each practice layout are saved separately.
The tiles are hard to read.
Turn on Easy-read tiles under the board for a big number or letter on each tile. On a phone, the Garden layout has the roomiest tiles. On a tablet or computer, every layout gets bigger tiles.
More calm puzzles: Solitaire, FreeCell, Sudoku and Daily Word.