Mahjong Solitaire
- Is Mahjong Solitaire free?
- Yes — 100% free, no payment.
- Download needed?
- No — it plays in your browser.
- Works on mobile?
- Yes — phones & tablets, full touch.
- Session length?
- About 5–20 minutes.
- Players?
- Single player.
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.
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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.
- If the Free Moves counter hits zero, hit Shuffle, it reshuffles the remaining tiles into a fresh solvable layout instead of ending your game.
Game features
- 100% free to play — no payment, ever
- Plays instantly in your browser — no download or install
- Works on desktop, phone and tablet
- No sign-up and no email required
- Built with HTML5 — runs on any modern browser
- Single-player — play at your own pace
Frequently asked questions
How do you 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.
What are the controls for Mahjong Solitaire?
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.
How do you get better at Mahjong Solitaire?
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. The full tips list on this page covers the rest.
Is Mahjong Solitaire unblocked at school or work?
Mahjong Solitaire is a plain web page — 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. Whether it opens comes down to your network's filter rather than the game itself, and there is nothing to install either way.
What kind of game is Mahjong Solitaire?
Mahjong Solitaire is a free puzzle game that runs in the browser. Classic Mahjong Solitaire on a 144-tile turtle layout. A typical session runs about 5–20 minutes.
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From our blog
Mahjong Solitaire features in Mahjong Solitaire Strategy: The Free-Tile Rule, Matching Order, and When to Shuffle — worth a read if you want the deeper story behind the game.
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