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Claiming a kong

All four copies at last. Take the fourth from the table, and see what the wall owes you.

You

Meeraright

13

Anilacross

13

Priyaleft

13
73 left

That discard is open to you. Claim it or pass.

Step 1 of 2

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 claim the fourth copy of a tile as a kong, and what the wall gives you back for it.

You met the kong early on: all four copies of one tile, counting as a single set. The course has been putting this off ever since. Here it is.