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Joker

A wild tile that can substitute for almost any tile in an exposed set.

Jokers are the most valuable tiles in American Mah Jongg — a hand with several Jokers can be completed far faster than one without. They generally can't be used in single or pair positions, and any player holding the natural tile a Joker represents may swap it out of an opponent's exposed set.

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