Online Games

Mahjong

Match free pairs to clear the board

Choose a Layout
Turtle
Classic Shanghai layout. Pyramid shape, 5 layers high.
Dragon
Elongated dragon silhouette. Trickier side-blocking.
Pyramid
Steep triangular stack. Fewer free tiles at the start.

About Mahjong

Mahjong Solitaire is a tile-matching puzzle reinvented as a solo brain teaser in the 1980s, derived from the traditional Chinese four-player Mahjong game but played entirely alone. The objective is to remove all tiles from the board by selecting matching pairs, with the constraint that only "free" tiles — those with no tile stacked directly on top and at least one open side — can be selected. The game ends in a win when the board is cleared, or in a loss when no free matching pairs remain. GameNight.pro features fully animated Mahjong Solitaire with classic tile sets, multiple layout options, an undo function, and a hint system, all playable on desktop and mobile in the browser with no sign-up required.

How to Play on GameNight.pro

Click any free tile to select it — a tile is free if nothing is stacked on top and it has at least one open side (left or right). A selected tile highlights in gold; click a matching free tile to remove the pair from the board. Use the Hint button to highlight a valid available pair when you're stuck. Use Undo to restore the most recently removed pair and try a different approach. The game is won when the entire board is cleared and lost when no free matching pairs remain. Press New Game to shuffle a fresh layout. Your fastest clear time is tracked in the browser for each layout.

Strategy & Tips

Five principles for clearing Mahjong Solitaire boards reliably rather than running into dead ends:

  • Work from the top down: Removing tiles from the top of tall stacks first exposes the most new tiles beneath them. A tile trapped under three layers is useless until those three are cleared.
  • Scan the whole board before matching: Two tiles that look available may be the only pair of that type remaining. Removing them too early can trap another pair permanently. Always survey the full board before committing to a match.
  • Clear the centre first: In classic pyramid layouts, the centre is the most densely layered area. Clearing it early opens the largest number of subsequent moves across the entire board.
  • Preserve edge matches as fallbacks: If you can see easy matches along the board edges, hold them temporarily in reserve. Having fallback moves available when the board tightens up prevents early game-over positions.
  • Use hints sparingly: The hint system shows one legal pair but cannot evaluate all future consequences. Reserve it for genuine deadlock situations rather than using it as a first resort.

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