What are MahJongg Tiles?

MahJongg tiles are small pieces originally created to play the 4 player game MahJongg.  These tiles can also be used to play single player games, just as there are games for playing cards for multiple people or for one person.

MahJongg tile sets come in many different types and have different numbers and types of tiles.  There are all sorts of different variations of the 4 player MahJongg game and they differ in the number and type of tiles that they use.  Pretty Good MahJongg is a single player game played with MahJongg tiles.

A complete set of MahJongg tiles for single player games (MahJongg Solitaire) consists of 144 tiles.

Among these tiles are:

Dragon Tiles

The three Dragons are the White Dragon, the Green Dragon, and the Red Dragon.  A set contains four of each Dragon (12 tiles total).

Wind Tiles

The four Winds are North, South, East, and West. Tile Matching games have four of each Wind (16 tiles total), while other MahJongg Solitaire games usually have three of each Wind (12 tiles total).

Season Tiles

The four Seasons are Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Tile Matching games have one of each Season (4 tiles total),  while other MahJongg Solitaire games usually have three of each Season (12 tiles total), if they have any at all.

Flowers Tiles

There are 4 different Flower tiles. Tile Matching games have one of each Flower (4 tiles total), while other MahJongg Solitaire games usually don't use Flower tiles.

Circles

There are nine Circle Tiles (also known as Dots).  There are four each of tiles numbered 1 to 9 (36 tiles total).

Bamboos

There are nine Bamboo Tiles (also known as Bams).  There are four each of tiles numbered 1 to 9 (36 tiles total).

Characters

There are nine Character Tiles (also known as Craks).  There are four each of tiles numbered 1 to 9 (36 tiles total).