Parseword Hints and Answer — March 14, 2026

The Clue

"Embarrassing nervous boy wearing kilt — memory"

8 letters · 4 transforms

1. Hint 1Hidden until revealed
2. Hint 2Hidden until revealed
3. Hint 3Hidden until revealed
4. Hint 4Hidden until revealed
5. Hint 5Hidden until revealed
6. Hint 6Hidden until revealed
7. Hint 7Hidden until revealed

Answer

KILOBYTE

Definition: memory (at the end of the clue)

How to solve it

1. 1.selection

   Take the first letter of 'embarrassing'.

   embarrassing → E
2. 2.anagram

   'Nervous' is the anagram indicator — rearrange the letters of 'boy'.

   boy → OBY
3. 3.container

   'Wearing' is the container indicator — insert OBY into KILT to get K-ILO-BYT.

   OBY in kilt → KILOBYT
4. 4.join

   Join the container result with the selected letter E.

   KILOBYT + E → KILOBYTE

What you learned today

This puzzle teaches you about selection and anagram and container and join.

• Selection
• Anagram
• Container
• Join / Charade