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About Mahjong Solitaire

An old game, made new

Mahjong isn't one game—it's a family of them. The four-player table version goes back to 19th-century China, played for money, with wind tiles and a dealer who rotates. The solo puzzle you're looking at here is younger by a century: it showed up on computers in the 1980s, got bundled into Windows in the 90s, and never really left. Same 144 tiles, completely different goal. You dismantle the stack pair by pair until nothing's left.

Why it sticks

Plenty of puzzle games burn bright for a week. Mahjong solitaire doesn't. The reason is simple—every layout reshuffles which pairs are reachable, so the same 144 tiles play differently every time. Add 28 distinct shapes (a turtle does not feel like a pyramid, which does not feel like a butterfly), and the thing has real legs. Five-minute coffee break, hour-long deep dive—both work.

Free, and actually free

No download, no account, no "first three levels free" nonsense. The game loads like any web page and runs entirely on your device—your best time lives in your browser, not on a server. Pick a layout, play, close the tab. That's the whole thing. Want the rules first? Read the complete guide.

How to Play (and Win)

Three moves to start, four habits to win.

The basics

Pick two matching tiles. Click one, click its twin. They vanish.
Only free tiles work. A tile needs a clear long edge and nothing on top.
Clear the board. Stuck? Hint or Shuffle—both built in.

Habits that win

Work from the top of the stack down—always.
Save four-of-a-kind pairs for when you're desperate.
Hold the Hint button until you've genuinely scanned.
Shuffle is a reset, not a rescue. Use it sparingly.

Want the deeper version? The strategy guide has all seven habits.

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