Classic Mahjong Solitaire on a 144-tile turtle layout. Match pairs of free tiles to clear the board against the clock, with Hint, Undo, and Shuffle to keep every deal winnable.
About Mahjong Solitaire
Mahjong Solitaire is a single-player tile-matching game built on the multi-layer "turtle" board of classic Mahjong. The full 144-tile set is stacked into a pyramid of tiles: dots, bamboo, and characters numbered 1 to 9, plus the four winds, three dragons, and the flower and season bonus tiles. Your goal is simple to learn but tricky to master, clear every tile from the board by removing matching pairs. This build draws every tile face with crisp SVG art (no images, no downloads) and guarantees that each fresh deal is solvable, so a perfect game is always possible if you read the board carefully. A built-in Shuffle reliably reshuffles into another solvable arrangement whenever you get stuck.
Where Mahjong Solitaire comes from
Mahjong Solitaire is a computer game first: Brodie Lockard wrote it in 1981 for the PLATO educational system, played on a touch-screen terminal, and Activision's Shanghai (1986) and Microsoft's Taipei (1990) took it to home computers. It borrows the 144 tiles of Chinese mahjong, a four-player game that took shape in the second half of the 19th century, but the play is unrelated, and Activision's claim that it was a centuries-old Chinese game called 'the Turtle' was marketing rather than history. This version is 360 PlayZone's own take on the classic. Source.
Inside Mahjong Solitaire: what we checked
The numbers below come from Mahjong Solitaire's own source code, and the screenshots are from our own test run of the game (20 October 2026).
- There are eight levels and the board grows with each one. On a desktop-size screen it goes 24, 36, 48, 62, 78, 100, 124 tiles, and level 8 is the full classic layout of 144 tiles; on a phone-shaped screen the boards are 26 up to 94 tiles.
- Clearing a level carries your score into the next level, and the game remembers which level you reached.
- Every pair is worth 100 points. Matching again within 8 seconds of the last match builds a combo that adds 25 extra per step, so the third quick match in a row scores 150. Undo takes the points back.
- Any flower tile matches any other flower, and any season matches any other season, even though the pictures differ. Everything else must be identical.
- You get 5 hints and 5 shuffles per game. A hint is not used up if there was no move to show. Shuffle re-deals the tiles still on the board, trying to keep the board solvable.
- If no moves are left the game tells you to shuffle; only when all 5 shuffles are gone does it end with "No Moves Left". Your best time is only recorded on the full level-8 board, and your best score is kept in this browser.
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How to play Mahjong Solitaire
A tile is "free" (and playable) only when nothing is stacked on top of it and at least one of its left or right edges is open. Free tiles are outlined in green. Tap one free tile to select it, then tap a second free tile with a matching face to remove the pair. Numbered suits and honor tiles match exactly; any flower matches any other flower, and any season matches any other season. Keep clearing pairs to expose the tiles beneath. You win when all 144 tiles are gone. Use Hint to reveal a valid pair, Undo to take back a move, and Shuffle if no moves remain. Your fastest clear time is saved as your best.
Controls
Mouse/touch: tap a free (green-outlined) tile to select it, then tap a matching free tile to clear the pair; tap a selected tile again to deselect. Buttons: Hint, Undo, Shuffle, New Game. Keyboard: Arrow keys or Tab cycle through the free tiles (highlighted cursor), Enter or Space selects/matches the cursor tile, H = hint, U = undo, S = shuffle, N = new game, M = mute.
Tips & tricks
- Always clear tiles that unblock the most others first, the four-sided capstone and the central stack open up the widest set of moves.
- Before matching a pair where you have a choice of which copies to remove, pick the copies that free up tiles still buried under the pile.
- When a tile type has all four copies free at once, it is usually safe to clear both pairs immediately, they will never trap you later.
- Use Hint sparingly to confirm a pair exists rather than to think for you, scanning the free tiles yourself builds the lookahead that lowers your time.
Frequently asked questions
Does Mahjong Solitaire save my progress?
Yes — Mahjong Solitaire saves your progress and settings in this browser's local storage, so you can pick up where you left off on the same device. Nothing is uploaded and no account is involved — clearing your browser data is what resets it.
Is Mahjong Solitaire unblocked at school or work?
Mahjong Solitaire is a plain web page of about 58 KB — no plugin, no installer, no app store — so it loads on a Chromebook or a locked-down school or office laptop the same way any other page does, and the whole game arrives in one short download. Whether it opens comes down to your network's filter rather than the game itself.
Who made Mahjong Solitaire?
Mahjong Solitaire was built in-house by the 360 PlayZone team using open web technology (HTML5), which is why it runs instantly without any download.
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From our blog
Mahjong Solitaire features in Mahjong Solitaire Strategy: The Free-Tile Rule, Matching Order, and When to Shuffle.