2248 tile chart

Every tile value in the game, how large numbers are written, how chains are rounded and when small numbers retire.

Every tile is a power of two

All tiles in 2248 are powers of two: each value is exactly double the one before it. The smallest tile is 2. There is no upper limit, but numbers soon get too long for a small tile, so from 16,384 on the game writes them with a letter. Each value has its own color in a cycle of 12 colors, so 2 and 8192 share a color. From 1024 on, tiles also get a soft glow so that a big tile stands out on the board.

Note that 2248 is not one of the values: it is the name of the game, taken from the chain 2, 2, 4, 8. After 1024 comes 2048.

K, M, B and T

Tiles up to 8192 are shown with all their digits, so 1024, 2048 and 4096 appear in full. Larger tiles use a letter, and each letter stands for a factor of 1024, not 1000:

K = 1024. 16K is 16 × 1024 = 16,384.
M = 1024 K = 1,048,576.
B = 1024 M = 1,073,741,824.
T = 1024 B = 1,099,511,627,776.

The same letters are used on the tiles in every language of the game. Your score is different: it is shown as a full number, such as 12,345, and is shortened only when it reaches a trillion.

Tile chart from 2 to 1T

Tile	Shown as	Exact value
2	2	2
4	4	4
8	8	8
16	16	16
32	32	32
64	64	64
128	128	128
256	256	256
512	512	512
1024	1024	1,024
2048	2048	2,048
4096	4096	4,096
8192	8192	8,192
16K	16K	16,384
32K	32K	32,768
64K	64K	65,536
128K	128K	131,072
256K	256K	262,144
512K	512K	524,288
1M	1M	1,048,576
2M	2M	2,097,152
4M	4M	4,194,304
8M	8M	8,388,608
16M	16M	16,777,216
32M	32M	33,554,432
64M	64M	67,108,864
128M	128M	134,217,728
256M	256M	268,435,456
512M	512M	536,870,912
1B	1B	1,073,741,824
2B	2B	2,147,483,648
4B	4B	4,294,967,296
8B	8B	8,589,934,592
16B	16B	17,179,869,184
32B	32B	34,359,738,368
64B	64B	68,719,476,736
128B	128B	137,438,953,472
256B	256B	274,877,906,944
512B	512B	549,755,813,888
1T	1T	1,099,511,627,776

Rounding table

A chain merges into the smallest power of two that is at least the sum of its tiles. If the sum is already a power of two, nothing is rounded. Your score grows by the value of the new tile.

Chain	Sum	New tile
2 + 2	4	4
2 + 2 + 2	6	8
2 + 2 + 4	8	8
2 + 2 + 4 + 8	16	16
4 + 4 + 4	12	16
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2	10	16
8 + 8 + 16 + 16	48	64
4 + 4 + 8 + 16	32	32
8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8	40	64
128 + 128 + 128	384	512
32 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 + 512	1024	1024

The table shows two useful patterns. A ladder in which each tile doubles the one before, started by a pair, always adds up to exactly the next power of two. And a group of three equal tiles gives the same result as a group of four.

When small numbers retire

New tiles that drop in from the top are drawn from a range of six values. Small values are the most common, and the largest value of the range is rare. At the start of a game the range is 2 to 64: about 40% of new tiles are 2s, and only about 2% are 64s. The start board itself holds only 2s, 4s, 8s and 16s.

When your highest tile reaches 2048, the range moves up by one step, and the 2 retires: every 2 on the board leaves with a short animation, the empty cells refill from the top, and a message tells you which number has retired. From then on, each time your highest tile doubles, the next small number follows.

Highest tile reached	Retired	New tiles
up to 1024	none	2 to 64
2048	2	4 to 128
4096	2 and 4	8 to 256
8192	up to 8	16 to 512
16K	up to 16	32 to 1024
32K	up to 32	64 to 2048

The rule is simple: once your highest tile is 2048 or more, the smallest tile on the board is your highest tile divided by 512. Retiring keeps the board playable for as long as you can keep finding chains.

Your tile collection

The Statistics window has a strip with every tile value you have reached at least once, from 2 up to your highest tile, each in its own color. The next values are shown as outlines, so you can see which tile is your next goal. For ways to reach the next one, read the tips and strategies, or go back to the game.