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A Run in any order

Tiles can sit in any order. 5, 3, 4 Dots is still a Run.

What this lesson teaches

Tiles can sit in any order. 5, 3, 4 Dots is still a Run.

  • A Run is three numbers in a row in one suit.

Takeaway: Order doesn't matter. In a row does.

Transcript

In Mahjong Island, a Run doesn't have to be in order. 5, 3, and 4 Dots is still a Run.

Sorted, it's 3, 4, 5 Dots: three in a row, one suit.

But 3, 5, and 7 Dots skip numbers, so no order makes them a Run.

What counts is that the numbers are in a row, not the order you hold them in.

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