FFFF 2025 222 222 (Any 3 Suits, Like Pungs 2s or 5s)
(2025 #1)

FF 2222 + 4444 = 6666 -or- FF 2222 + 6666 = 8888 (Any 3 Suits)
(2468 #2)

Is this another mistake, putting Addition Hands in 2468 (#2) and 13579 (#4)and 369 (#2)?
No, it's not a mistake. There's no need to think that every little perceived oddity is a mistake.

can you make a hand of four 4’s in one suit + four 4’s in another suit = four 8’s in the third suit?
No. The parenthetical does not say you may change the numbers, so, therefore, you may not change the numbers.

FFFF 2468 222 222 (Any 3 Suits, Like Pungs Any Even No.)
(2468 #4)

My card shows the hand in all one color, but it says in parens that there are 3 suits, so I'm confused!
There was a printing error on the large cards mailed out by the League in March. The League is now in the process of mailing corrected cards. Until you receive yours, you can mark the card to match the above (2468 in green, and the first 222 in red).

222 4444 666 88 88 (Any 3 Suits, Pairs 8s Only)
(2468 #6)

Can the suits be mixed up? That is, can the 2 pairs of 8s be of the same suit and the other 2 suits distributed between the 2s, 4s and 6s? (2s of one, 4s and 6s of another. Or 2s and 4s of one, 6s of another)
No. The color-coding can't be messed with. The twos, fours, and sixes must all be in the same suit, and the pairs of eights must be in the other two suits.

On my card, I see fifteen tiles!
Then you are the second person to see that. Someone on social media reported that printing error on a standard-size 2025 card, but that report has not been corroborated by someone else (until you did just now). No genuine NMJL card has 15 tiles in that hand. Where did you purchase your card? Maybe you have a fake card from Amazon or Temu?

FF 1111 D 1111 D 11 (Any 3 Suits)
(Any Like Numbers #1)

Do the dragons have to match the Kongs?
Yes. Where you see a color match, that means a suit match.

Do the dragons have to be red and green or can there be any two different dragons. Can it be green & soap?
Yes, it can be green and soap. Just make sure you have a kong of bams to go with green, and a kong of dots to go with soap.

FFFF 11 111 111 11 (Any 3 Suits, Pairs Must Be Same Suit)
(Any Like Numbers #2)

That must be another mistake, those two pairs. Is that a misprint like the massive number of misprints on this year's card?
I don't know why you say that's a misprint, and there isn't a "massive number of misprints." There were two confirmed misprints, and two alleged/unconfirmed misprints that two people reported on Facebook during the initial hysteria about the misprints. But back to Any Like Numbers number two: Splitting a kong into two pairs ensures that you can't use jokers, increasing the difficulty, thus it's valued at 30 points rather than the usual 25. It's not a mistake.

Looking at FFFF 11 111 111 11. The pairs need to be the same suit. Can I pick the I bam as a Kong if discarded or can I only pick up for mah jongg?
The card does not dictate that 1 Bams are required. Those green "ones" on the card are any number, any suit. You need all four of that number in that suit to make two pairs, so you can't use jokers and you can't claim for exposure. You can claim for mah-jongg, assuming you already have a pair and a single of that number in that suit, and your kong of flowers, and two pungs of the same number, in the other two suits.

But the only way to get them is pick from the wall or you have them already or it’s the last pick for Mahjong.
Yep. It's difficult.

It's GOT to be a mistake!
Nope. It's clever design.

How about if I call a discard and expose a kong, then when I get the last tile and call mahj, I separate the exposed kong into two pairs?
Nope. Once you expose a kong, it stays a kong, and your hand would be regarded a false mahj.

FF 111 2222 33333 (Any 3 Suits, Any 3 Consec. Nos.)
(Quints #1)

Does the quint have to be the last of the consecutive numbers?
Yes, it does. Look at the structure: 2 tiles, 3 tiles, 4 tiles, 5 tiles. A rising number of tiles in each portion of the hand. Together with a 3-number consecutive run, the quint definitely has to be the high number.

QUESTION that gets asked a lot:

How is this hand to be made? I'm a new player, still learning.
Let's break down the parenthetical.
1. For the first suit (any suit) you need a 5-number run. Doesn't have to be 12345, can be 56789 for instance. "Any five consecutive numbers."
2. Then you need a second tile of any of the numbers in your run. Two identical tiles is called a "pair." So, that's a "pair of any number in the run."
3. Then you just need a kong of the same number in the second suit, and a kong of the same number in the third suit. The kongs have to match the pair (all made of the same number).
Does that help?

The colors on the card show 3 different suits but the wording doesn’t specify that requirement. Since the parenthetical doesn't say three suits, can it be made in two suits?
No. It's a three-suit hand because it's printed in three colors. The parenthetical (which is already pretty long) doesn't need to say that it's three suits since the color-coding says it all.

Can I claim a discard(not for MAJ) for the first expression in the hand- 112345? I think the answer is NO. Because that expression is a group of singles with a pair. Just checking! Love your information!
You are correct! But for mahj, a single may be claimed, so if you have five of those six tiles (and your two kongs are complete), you can call mah-jongg if the sixth is discarded.

Can a joker be used in the sextet?
There's no sextet in this hand. A sextet is six identical tiles, which might look like "111111" for instance. "112345" is a 5-number run with one of the numbers paired, in other words four singles and a pair.

FFFF 1111 + 9999 = 10 (Any 2 Suits, These Nos. Only)
(13579 #4)

In odds 4th down can 1111+9999 be in dots and the 1 cracks or bams? With the 0 a dot?
Yes, the "one plus nine" part can be dots. Remember that (like it says in red text at the top of the card) when used as zero, soap is "suitless." So the 1 in the "ten" part of the equation can be any suit that you don't use for the "one plus nine" part.

Does the color of the soap match the color of the 1 next to it or is it a white soap tile? Please clarify.
The term "soap" is used for the white dragon only. White dragon is the only tile that can be used for a zero. It's "suitless," as it says in the red text at the top of the card. That means the 1 with the 0 can be any suit, not just dots.

Can the number one in the ten be any suit as long as it is a different suit from the 1111 and 9999? My friend thinks the number one can only be a dot and I disagree, since in this case the white dragon is neutral.
You've got it exactly right. The 1 in the 10 does not have to be a 1-dot tile. Zero is suitless, like it says in the red text at the top of the card. Besides: the parenthetical says "Any 2 Suits," which does not mean "dots and any other 1 suit." It means any 2 suits.

Can the 1111 be bams, the 9999 be dots, and the 10, be dots? I believe that would be 2 suits also. Another words, we do the 1111 and 9999 have to match?
No, the ones and nines may not be made in different suits. Look at the colors. The ones and nines are green - that means definitively that they must be the same suit.

Why are there a plus symbol and an equals sign in the hand? How do I make those?
Think of it as "one plus nine equals ten," not "one thousand one hundred eleven plus nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine." That wouldn't add up to ten. The symbols are just there to help make sense of the number pattern. You don't have to (and cannot) add a "plus" or "equals" to the 14 tiles when making the hand.

Shouldn’t it say in parentheses that the Kongs must match like it does in any like numbers #2, where it says pairs must match?
I suppose that would be helpful, if the text fits. There's no rule as to how every parenthetical should be written. I suppose the League believes that most of its members can see that the 1111 + 9999 is one color and the 10 is a separate color, and know that 2 colors means 2 suits.



Besides, the flowers are also a kong, and flowers are suitless, so it would be a very lengthy parenthetical which would have to be printed in very small text.