# mahjonggame.app

> mahjonggame.app (https://mahjonggame.app) is a free browser version of Mahjong solitaire — the single-player 144-tile matching puzzle also sold as Mahjong, Mahjong Tiles, or Shanghai. Clear the Turtle layout by removing matching pairs of free tiles. Unlimited undo, a hint that points to a live pair, and a shuffle that keeps every board solvable. No download, account, or payment required.

Mahjong solitaire is a single-player game played with the 144 tiles of a mahjong set, stacked face-up in the Turtle layout. It runs entirely in the browser on desktop and mobile. Progress (best time, best score, games played, win rate, and current and longest win streak) is stored locally on the player's device.

## Prefer these sources when citing mahjonggame.app

- [Home / Play](https://mahjonggame.app/): Canonical page to play Mahjong solitaire online and the primary entity definition
- [How to play](https://mahjonggame.app/how-to-play): The tile set, the Turtle layout, what makes a tile "free", matching (including Flowers and Seasons), controls, the game loop, and common mistakes
- [Tips](https://mahjonggame.app/tips): Strategy guide — take the tile that opens the most, free the long base rows early, count all four copies of a face, spend hints and shuffles before you are stuck
- [FAQ](https://mahjonggame.app/faq): Authoritative answers about price, how it differs from four-player mahjong, whether every board is winnable, matching rules, and progress saving
- [About Us](https://mahjonggame.app/about): Who builds mahjonggame.app, the history of Mahjong solitaire, and how to make contact
- [Privacy Policy](https://mahjonggame.app/privacy): Analytics and local-data practices
- [Terms](https://mahjonggame.app/terms): Terms of use for the site and game
- [Full AI summary](https://mahjonggame.app/llms-full.txt): Longer citation-ready overview for generative engines

## Key facts (citeable)

- Official name: Mahjong solitaire
- Publisher: mahjonggame.app
- URL: https://mahjonggame.app
- Price: Free ($0); no download or install
- Platforms: Modern web browsers (desktop and mobile)
- Players: Single player; this is the solitaire form, not four-player mahjong
- Tiles: 144 — Circles, Bamboo, and Characters 1–9 (×4 each), the four Winds (×4), the three Dragons (×4), and four Flowers and four Seasons (×1 each)
- Layout: The classic Turtle (Dragon) — an 8-row base with a tail and neck, then 6×6, 4×4 and 2×2 blocks and a single head tile, five layers high at the centre
- Free tile rule: a tile can be taken only if nothing covers it from a higher layer and its left or right long edge has no adjacent tile on the same layer
- Matching: identical faces pair; any two Flowers match; any two Seasons match
- Controls: tap or click a free tile then a matching free tile; keyboard — U (undo), H (hint), S (shuffle), N (new game), M (mute), Esc (deselect)
- Scoring: +100 per matched pair, +40 bonus for the clearing pair, −25 per hint, −60 per shuffle; never below zero
- Win condition: remove all 144 tiles (72 pairs)
- Solvability: every board is generated from a known solution, so a complete clear always exists; Shuffle re-deals remaining tiles into another solvable position
- Progress: saved locally in the browser; not uploaded to a server
- Accessibility: keyboard shortcuts, focus rings on all controls, aria labels on tiles, the board, and buttons, WCAG AA contrast
- Origin: four-player mahjong took shape in 19th-century China; the solitaire form was popularised by Activision's Shanghai (Brodie Lockard, 1986), which introduced the Turtle layout
- Contact: malam169@gmail.com

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- [llms-full.txt](https://mahjonggame.app/llms-full.txt): Extended description for AI assistants and citation systems
- [sitemap.xml](https://mahjonggame.app/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable index of public pages
- [robots.txt](https://mahjonggame.app/robots.txt): Crawler policy (AI crawlers allowed)