Lesser Honors and Knitted Tiles (全不靠)
Complete knitted straight (147/258/369 across three suits) plus five distinct honors. No melds.
How Lesser Honors and Knitted Tiles (全不靠) works
A non-standard 14-tile hand of single, non-overlapping tiles drawn from a knitted straight across the suits plus honor tiles, with no melds formed.
The numeric tiles follow a knitted distribution where each suit takes a fixed set of ranks (such as 1-4-7 in one suit, 2-5-8 in another, 3-6-9 in the third) and may be combined with honor tiles, but no tile repeats and no normal sets are made. When it includes fewer than all seven honors it is the lesser form; the greater form additionally holds all seven distinct honors. It is a special structure outside the four-sets-plus-pair framework, so ordinary set fan do not apply.
- •All 14 tiles are distinct singles; no chows, pungs, or pair are formed.
- •Numeric tiles must follow the knitted 1-4-7 / 2-5-8 / 3-6-9 split across suits.
- •Holding all seven distinct honors would instead make the greater honors-and-knitted pattern.
Lesser Honors and Knitted Tiles (全不靠) — FAQ
Are any pairs or melds allowed?
No. Every tile must be unique, with no repeated tiles and no formed sets.
What makes it lesser rather than greater?
The lesser form does not contain all seven distinct honor tiles; the greater form does.