Definition
A jokerless hand is one completed without using any jokers, which many groups pay a bonus for and which some card lines require.
Lines marked as jokerless on the card cannot contain a joker at all. Groups differ on the bonus, so agree before the first deal.
Read the full guide: Joker Rules in American Mahjong: What Jokers Can and Can't Do.
See it on real tiles: the coach reads any hand and names its direction, free, at the free read. Members get the coach on call for their own games.
More terms: Pung, Kong, Quint, Pair, Charleston, Blind pass, Courtesy pass, Joker.