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Reading your own hand

Some tiles are already working together. Some are on their own. Tell them apart.

YouYour turn

Meeraright

10

Anilacross

13

Priyaleft

13
70 left

Your turn. Draw a tile.

Step 1 of 3

Remind me — what counts as a set?

  • A chow: three in a row, inside one suit.

  • A pung: three copies of the same tile.

  • A kong: all four copies, still counting as one set.

A winning hand is four sets and a pair.

In this lesson: How to tell which of your tiles are already working together and which are on their own.

Reading a hand means sorting it in your head. Some tiles are working with each other. Some are on their own. Telling the two apart is the whole skill.