Algorithm X
Completed Mahjong Hands
Puzzle: Completed Mahjong Hands
Author: @Unihedron
Published Difficulty: Very Hard
Algorithm X Complexity: Do Not Be Frightened by the "Very Hard" Label
Overview
Mahjong is a strategic tile-based game that originated in China, played with 144 tiles featuring Chinese characters and symbols. It requires skill, memory, and calculation as players form specific tile combinations to win.
In this puzzle, @Unihedron presents three winning configurations. Your task is to determine whether your hand, plus a newly drawn tile, forms a valid winning combination. While two configurations are relatively simple to check, the third poses a greater challenge—one that may benefit from a well-designed algorithm to simplify implementation. đŸ˜‰
Labeled as "very hard," this puzzle might seem daunting at first. However, the skills you have honed in this playground should make solving it far more approachable than it appears.