# Daily 2048

A new date brings a repeatable starting seed and one fresh reason to play. Daily follows Classic rules and aims for 2048; everyone using the same UTC date starts from the same seed.

## Play

The playable board loads above these notes when JavaScript is enabled. Choose Start your trail, then use the arrow keys, a swipe or the direction buttons.

## The rules of Daily 2048

- Board: sixteen cells in four rows and four columns.
- New tiles: 2s (90%) and 4s (10%).
- Merges: Double equal numbers; a newly merged tile waits until the next move to merge again.
- Goal: reach 2048.
- A blocked move does not add a tile or count as a move.

## Read one move

A left move transforms this row as shown, before the next tile appears elsewhere on the board:

```
Before: 4 4 8 .
After:  8 8 . .
```

Each tile can merge once per move. A tile just created by a merge cannot immediately join another tile during the same swipe.

## A useful first exercise

Daily changes at midnight UTC. A matching move sequence gives matching tile placements; different moves open different empty cells, so a shared seed is not a fixed movie of the game.

Play ten moves, note the decisions that felt difficult, and use the local round review when you finish. This is personal practice, with no online leaderboard.

## Controls and saved rounds

Choose Start your trail, then use arrow keys, board swipes or the four direction buttons. Trail tip suggests a legal direction without changing the board. End round records an early stop; after an ending, New trail prepares another attempt. Your unfinished round and this mode's best score stay in this browser when storage is available. Changing a theme does not change a tile.

For the complete controls, read [how to play](../how-to-play.html). Compare [all nine variants](../variants-guide.html), choose [another game](../games.html), or work through the [practice lab](../practice-lab.html).