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What is a rack in American Mahjong?

Definition

A rack is the stand that holds a player's thirteen tiles upright and hidden, with exposed sets placed on top of it.

Racks with a pusher bar let you push your built wall forward without knocking it over.

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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.