Parseword #287 Answer

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · clue by Nate Cardin (AVCX)

Parseword #287 Nov 11, 2026 Clue by Nate Cardin (AVCX) Easy

Disorganized cremation missing a speaker (8)

Hint 1 · Which end is the definition?
The definition is at the right-hand end of the clue — a single word. Leave it alone and parse everything else.
Hint 2 · Which transforms are used?
2 steps, using Deletion and Anagram.
Hint 3 · The signal words
Watch “missing” and “disorganized” — they tell you which transform to apply.
Hint 4 · The definition itself
“speaker” is the definition. The answer means the same thing.
Hint 5 · The first step
Start with “cremation missing a” → CREMTION (Deletion, signalled by “missing”).
Reveal the answer
INTERCOM

The full parse, step by step

  1. cremation missing a→cremtionDeletionSignal: “missing”
  2. disorganized cremtion→intercomAnagramSignal: “disorganized”
  • Definition“speaker” = INTERCOM

Easter egg

Try turning “missing a speaker” into 🔇 in mono? in the game — it's a hidden joke the setters planted.

About this puzzle

Parseword #287 went live at 08:00 UTC on Wednesday, November 11, 2026: “Disorganized cremation missing a speaker”, a 8-letter answer from a clue by Nate Cardin (AVCX). The official parse takes 2 steps, using Deletion, Anagram.

The hints above go from gentle to specific: which end of the clue holds the definition, which transforms the parse needs, the signal words, the definition itself and finally the first step. Every step of the official solution — what was selected, what it became and which word signalled it — is inside the answer reveal, so nothing is spoiled until you choose.

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