Quick answer
A Winds and Dragons hand is built mostly from the four winds and the three dragons rather than the numbered suits.
How to recognise it in a deal
A deal heavy in winds and dragons, which looks hopeless to a beginner, is pointing here. Jokers help wherever the line asks for a pung or a kong, and the numbered tiles are the ones to pass.
Winds and Dragons in the glossary, or have a dealt hand read free to see which direction it favours.
26 dealt hands that went this way
Each one is a real deal, read tile by tile. Reading several in a row is how the shape stops being a card section and starts being something you recognize on your rack.
November 2 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
October 27 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
October 21 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
October 15 (3 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
October 9 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
October 3 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
September 27 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
September 21 (6 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
September 14 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
September 11 (6 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
September 8 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
September 7 (3 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
September 5 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
August 31 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
August 29 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
August 22 (5 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
August 17 (4 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
August 4 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
August 2 (5 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
July 28 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
July 27 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
July 4 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
June 27 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
June 25 (4 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
June 22 (5 wind/dragon tiles, early, keep options open)
June 16 (6 wind/dragon tiles, promising, needs shaping)
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