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Soundable - Spell Words with Sounds

Soundable is a fun, social crossword game with a twist…. you use SOUNDS to build words instead of letters!
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Games Free Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd iPhone, iPad, iPod

“WORDS” becomes “W-ER-D-Z” when you play with the 41 different sounds in North American English. No need to be a good speller to play this game!

"I love this game! Can't wait to share! This game makes my brain hurt, but in all the right ways.” – Speech-Language Pathologist

“This makes learning IPA soo much fun!” – Graduate Student in Phonology

“Every student in my phonetics class will have to play this!” – Professor of Linguistics

Soundable makes learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) fun for students & professionals in Speech-Language Pathology. It’s also perfect for students of linguistics, phonetics, speech disorders, or English as well as people generally interested in language.

Look up words in the dictionary before you play, and appeal words you think should be in the dictionary. Your opponent will get to decide if your sounds make a valid word. Successful appeals will be reviewed regularly and added to the dictionary, so the more you play, the better the dictionary gets!

Earn bonus points when you create words longer than 3 sounds. Be the first to hit 200 points in the Quick Game format, or stay in for the long-haul to play every tile in the bag in the Full Game.

Play against your friends or a random opponent. Whether you play in IPA or Phonics, you’ll have a great time challenging your friends to a battle of the ear. After you learn a few simple conventions, you’ll be building words with ease.

Soundable also has a built-in chat platform with a specialized IPA and Phonics keyboard. Now you can talk about the words you appeal, discuss the board, or congratulate and/or trash talk your opponent within the app. You can also discuss the game, share screenshots, and find players in our Soundable Users Group on Facebook.

Please note: Soundable uses Standard North American pronunciation. UK, Aussie, Kiwi, and South African players may get frustrated as vowels (and r’s) do vary by accent. Regional variations of American/Canadian English may be appealed and accepted.

Wifi or data connection is required to play Soundable. This app is completely free, so please tell your friends and support the sponsors. Please let us know what you think by leaving a review or contacting us.

Brought to you by LessonPix (lessonpix.com) & Tactus Therapy Solutions (tactustherapy.com) – trusted sources for custom learning materials and quality speech therapy apps.

Reviews

Great game but needs a tweak
Grenouette

This is a great game for practicing IPA knowledge and it’s actually really fun too! Love that there’s no ads and how simple and easy to use the interface is. However there is one simple tweak that would make game play a lot more rewarding. Because of the nature of IPA it’s hard to make longer words which gives you few spaces to play on the board. It would be great if there were a lot more schwa’s and ɚ ‘s as game tiles. That would make it a lot easier to make multi syllable words and much easier not to get stuck on the board. Schwa’s are used in almost every multi syllable word in English so it would make sense to have a lot more of them in gameplay.


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Downloaded this an hour ago - instantly addicted!
Consonantly Speaking

As a word nerd, phonetic freak, and speech-language pathologist - this application is feeding my addiction to IPA phonetic transcription that I had been missing since college! This is a must-have for those who are learning the IPA alphabet for speech-language pathology or any other linguistic reason! If I had this in grad school, I would have been incredibly competitive with my studying! You can switch between IPA/phonics, look up words, shuffle and swap tiles in this word game - and the best parts are if you press on a phoneme, it will say it aloud and if you press and hold on a word, it will show it spelled out! I can see myself challenging my other SLP friends!


Fun game
PK29

Seemed simple at first, but it is quite challenging! It's different to look at words by sound and requires thought to create words with more than 3 sounds! I recommend it, even for non-SLP people like me.


Random player mode
doodoog

Good game but a random player mode would be nice


LOVE it!
abeldenslp11

Although I'm an SLP, I've never loved Scrabble. I do love IPA (international phonetic alphabet) though!! This game is amazing! You can toggle between IPA or phonics. & you don't need background knowledge to play. If you tap a sound/tile it says the sound it makes. There's also a built-in dictionary and little cheat sheet of all the sounds. A little trial-and-error and you'll learn in no time! If only they had this when I was learning it in school! So much fun! Also check their twitter @SoundableGame - can't wait to see future updates


Random Opponent Please!
aschil6

I'm studying SLP and this seems like a great way to practice IPA. However, I don't have anyone to play with :(.


Fun game and great practice!
heatherspeech

I love Soundable! I’ve known IPA for years, but this app really has helped me brush up on my knowledge and put it into practice. I love the Soundable Facebook Page to find new opponents to play, too.


Fun app
mecinply

This app not only helps you practice IPA it is a great brain exercise! I'm enjoying playing others from all over the country. Be sure to join the Soundables Users group on Facebook to find other players.


Fun!
Dinahk

I'm not a huge Scrabble/Words with Friends fan, but this has sucked me in! I feel like I can justify "playing" bc it's GREAT review/practice for IPA. I do wish there was an option to chat with players tho.


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