Mahjong Handle
Fourteen tiles, one winning hand, six tries. Mahjong Handle swaps letters for riichi mahjong tiles and marks each tile in your guess like Wordle does.
How Mahjong Handle works
Build a hand. Pick fourteen tiles that make a complete winning hand with at least one yaku.
Keep the order. Tiles are sorted by number and suit, in the order m, p, s, z. The last tile is the winning tile and sits apart.
Blue, orange or grey. Blue is the right tile in the right spot. Orange is in the hand but somewhere else. Grey is not in the hand.
Find the hand. Use the colors to rebuild the hand within six tries.
Shortcut letters
| Letter | Suit |
|---|---|
| m | Characters |
| p | Dots |
| s | Bamboo |
| z | Winds and dragons |
Using the table info
The line above the board tells you the round wind, your seat wind and whether the hand was won by self draw or on a discard. Those details matter because some yaku depend on them. A self drawn closed hand counts as tsumo, and a pair or set of your seat wind changes the scoring. Let that line guide your first guess.
Common Mahjong Handle questions
How do you play Mahjong Handle?
Enter fourteen tiles that form a valid winning hand. Blue, orange and grey show which tiles are right, misplaced or absent, and you have six tries.
How many tries do you get in Mahjong Handle?
Six tries to rebuild the exact hand.
Do I need to know riichi mahjong?
Yes, a little. Each guess must be a valid winning hand, so you should know sets, pairs and the basic yaku.
What do m, p, s and z mean?
They are the suits used in the shortcuts: m for characters, p for dots, s for bamboo and z for honour tiles.
Why is the last tile not sorted?
It is the tile the hand won on, so it stays in the last spot instead of being sorted with the rest.
Mahjong Handle strategy
- Check the round wind, seat wind and win type at the top. They hint at which yaku are likely.
- Type tiles fast with shortcuts, for example 123m456p for those numbers in characters and dots.
- Grey honour tiles rule out a lot of yaku at once, so include a few in an early guess.
Mahjong Handle in numbers
- Answer
- A winning riichi mahjong hand
- Tries
- 6
- Rule
- The hand has at least one yaku
- Shown
- Round wind, seat wind and how it was won
- Input
- Click tiles or type shortcuts
- Price
- Free in the browser
- Category
- Tabletop games, cards
Facts checked on 2026-11-09. Mahjong Handle belongs to Mahjong Handle. Megadle is not linked to it.