How to Play 2048

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How to play 2048

2048 on YSSDYY is organised around a clear objective: Reach a 2048 tile, then continue as long as a legal move remains. A full board with no adjacent equal tiles ends the round. Begin with explain your choice and use the playbook beside the game.

Explain your choice

Try describing the reason for a move or action in one sentence. If the reason is unclear, revisit the rules before continuing.

Your goal

Reach a 2048 tile, then continue as long as a legal move remains. A full board with no adjacent equal tiles ends the round.

Step by step

1. Move the board using an arrow key, swipe, or a direction button.
2. Equal adjacent tiles combine once per move; their new value is added to your score.
3. Keep an empty lane where possible. Undo reverses the most recent move.
4. Use New round to begin with two tiles.

Controls

Use arrow keys, swipe across the board, or tap the four direction buttons.

A useful example

Moving [2, 2, 2, 2] left produces [4, 4, 0, 0], not [8, 0, 0, 0]. Each tile merges at most once in that move.

Watch out for this

A swipe that leaves the board unchanged does not add a new tile.

Common questions