Listen. Lock on.
Pick a sound. Aim. Shoot!
Pick a sound, then press Play. Move with ← → and fire with Space, or aim and click. On a phone, tap the playfield or use the controls below it.
Hit target words to build a streak. A distractor costs points, not a life. A missed target costs one life. Survive as the game gets faster.
American English · 22 sound levels · AI-generated Cedar voice
Tap an example to listen. Check for the sound anywhere in the word.
← → to move · Space to fire · or point and click/tap.
Missed target: −1 life. Wrong shot: −100 points and streak reset, with no life lost. Scores stay at zero or above. Consecutive correct hits earn 100, 200, 300 points and onward. A wrong shot or missed target resets the multiplier to 1×.
Press P to pause and inspect word meanings. Keep playing until you lose all five lives or choose End & review. Speed and word arrivals increase every 45 seconds. Starting with one syllable adds two-syllable words after 90 seconds; Two syllables only and Mixed keep their selected word pools.
Listen and check the words currently on screen.
Missed target: −1 life · Wrong shot: −100 points and streak reset
These are words that passed you or were caught by a shot. Aiming and timing affect the results, too.