Fonix: Sound It Out

About this app

Fonix (not a typo) is a word game about sounding it out. Every puzzle is a real word, re-spelled so each chunk of letters makes a sound it makes in other words. Read it aloud and you'll hear it. Take "ghilltre": "gh" like in laugh, "re" like in acre… it's filter. Some are a gentle warm-up. Some are gloriously fiendish. Every one of them clicks the moment you say it out loud. • 1,500 puzzles across three difficulty tiers, every one checked to be soundable • A shared Daily Puzzle: the same word for everyone, unless you have already solved it • Sound it out your own way: any word that fits the sounds counts as correct • A smart hint ladder when you're stuck, plus a "give up & reveal" whenever you need it • Tap "Hear it" to listen to the answer • A satisfying reveal that breaks every word into its sounds • No ads, no accounts, no tracking Play free: sound out 10 puzzles in every difficulty, plus the daily. Unlock Fonix Plus once for unlimited puzzles, unlimited hints, full stats, and extra themes. One purchase, yours forever. Inspired by a game played around the dinner table (thanks, Justin). See how fast you can hear the word.

A Daily Puzzle you can always play. The Daily used to draw from all 1,500 words, so it could hand you one you had already solved in Practice. When it did, it opened as finished: nothing to play, and your streak did not count that day. Now it skips the words you have solved and gives you one you have not seen, and once you have solved all of them it starts over. Your streak counts every day you play.

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1. First observed Sep 13, 2026 · 2:48 AM Free