How to play the Reverse Audio Challenge
Take turns giving prompts: record a line and the phone plays it backwards. Everyone else copies the gibberish, flips it back, and guesses what was said.
- Players2–20
- TimeOne prompt each, or as long as you like
- You needOne phone; with a bigger group everyone can race on their own phone
How to play
- Take turns. On your turn, draw a prompt on the phone: make a sentence with a word, hum a song, or say anything you like.
- Hide the prompt, tap “Start recording” (up to 15 seconds), then tap “Play backwards” for everyone.
- Take turns: pass the phone on — the next person says the reversed sound into the phone and taps “Flip it back”. Race (4+ players): everyone scans the QR code to open the recorder, copies it, flips it back, and the first to guess shouts it out.
- Stuck? Check the hint, then tap “Reveal answer” to play the original. Then the next player gives a prompt; the game ends when everyone has had a turn.
Hosting tips
Say thisSomeone’s going to record a line and the phone will play it backwards — it’ll sound like an alien language. Copy that sound exactly, flip it back, and guess what was really said! We’ll all take turns giving a prompt.
- Give the first prompt yourself — one demo and everyone gets it.
- Short lines are easier to copy: 3–5 seconds is perfect. Anything longer gets impossible backwards.
- Don’t be shy when copying — the weirder it sounds, the funnier it is flipped back.