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Jen Hay

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Linguist person, NZILBB, UC, NZ. Pākehā. She/her.

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'Populating' to 'sighing' in 14 steps,  and 'recommendation' to 'adding' in 5

'Populating' to 'sighing' in 14 steps, and 'recommendation' to 'adding' in 5

Today's level 4 inflekt.net - one of these words was much easier than the other!

07.03.2026 09:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Examinations' to 'wan', 'highs' and 'dig' in 43 steps.  Four splits and two merges.

'Examinations' to 'wan', 'highs' and 'dig' in 43 steps. Four splits and two merges.

L5 is less pretty!

03.03.2026 07:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
'enquiries' to 'whizz' in 2 steps, and 'prickles' to 'dyed' in 7 steps, with one split and one merge.

'enquiries' to 'whizz' in 2 steps, and 'prickles' to 'dyed' in 7 steps, with one split and one merge.

L4 in 9 steps today (inflekt.net)

03.03.2026 01:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Aha, found your solution in 23. Needed your image though!

02.03.2026 18:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That initial 't' was eluding me when I tried last night. Will try get a chance this morning to find your trick!!

02.03.2026 17:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
From 'incineration' to 'owing' and 'deported' to 'wrings', each in 4 steps, no splits.

From 'incineration' to 'owing' and 'deported' to 'wrings', each in 4 steps, no splits.

Just sneaking in ahead.

02.03.2026 09:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Yay! Welcome to the club!!

02.03.2026 08:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
'Lessening' to 'wring', 'dinned' and 'ids' in 41 steps. Three splits and one merge.

'Lessening' to 'wring', 'dinned' and 'ids' in 41 steps. Three splits and one merge.

Whereas my level 5 is currently at 41.

28.02.2026 05:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Thatched' to 'added' and 'outbuilding' to 'betted', each in 3 steps, with no splits.

'Thatched' to 'added' and 'outbuilding' to 'betted', each in 3 steps, with no splits.

Relatively painless level 4 at inflekt.net today @amycgale.bsky.social

28.02.2026 05:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Yeah it looks like the favours-ease / amongst-wedded mapping is more efficient on both sides than the other way around. The first steps are likely critical on both sides and weren't immediately obvious to me (though one of them should have been!).

26.02.2026 03:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Inflekt level 5: 'normalizations' to 'whizzed', 'sayings' and 'anne' in 42 secret steps. (One of which is redundant, but hardly worth fixing).

Inflekt level 5: 'normalizations' to 'whizzed', 'sayings' and 'anne' in 42 secret steps. (One of which is redundant, but hardly worth fixing).

Level 5 is nothing to be proud of.

26.02.2026 01:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Level 4 inflekt - from 'favours' to 'eases' in 6 secret steps, and from 'amongst' to 'wedded' in 5.  No splits.  Probably soon to be outdone by Amy.

Level 4 inflekt - from 'favours' to 'eases' in 6 secret steps, and from 'amongst' to 'wedded' in 5. No splits. Probably soon to be outdone by Amy.

26.02.2026 00:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Finally got this one to eight after about 4 tries. Life got in the way of trying the L5, but hopefully I'll have a chance to try my hand at this afternoon's.

25.02.2026 20:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A win's a win!

24.02.2026 05:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From 'accumulates' to 'pining', 'ooh' and 'dyes' in 54 labyrinthine steps.

From 'accumulates' to 'pining', 'ooh' and 'dyes' in 54 labyrinthine steps.

Well that shouldn't be too hard to improve on!

24.02.2026 05:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Snap - I got the same. About to attempt level 5, but am somewhat worried about that 'p'.

24.02.2026 04:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yay. Reassuring to be ahead of you occasionally :-)

22.02.2026 05:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Daily level 4 puzzle from www.inflekt.net.  'entwine' to 'yes' in 4 steps,  and 'disaster' to 'doings' in 4. No splits.

Daily level 4 puzzle from www.inflekt.net. 'entwine' to 'yes' in 4 steps, and 'disaster' to 'doings' in 4. No splits.

Daily level 5 puzzle from www.inflekt.net. From 'mashed' to 'sayings', 'sin' and 'toad' in 37 steps, with 2 splits. Almost certainly not the best solution.

Daily level 5 puzzle from www.inflekt.net. From 'mashed' to 'sayings', 'sin' and 'toad' in 37 steps, with 2 splits. Almost certainly not the best solution.

Killing time in Hakatere, waiting to collect a child, and wondering if I'll ever beat @amycgale.bsky.social at inflekt.

22.02.2026 02:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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CorpusPhon 2 A one-day satellite workshop at LabPhon 20 to bring together researchers using corpus phonetic tools

CorpusPhon2 will take place on Monday 29/6/26 in Montréal, Québec, right after LabPhon20. Submissions are due on 3/13/26 and our website has been updated to reflect this. Please consider submitting to our workshop!

sites.google.com/view/corpusp...

21.02.2026 18:58 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

I got it, and I learned a good trick! Ta.

20.02.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Matching sounds to shapes: Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords “kiki” and “bouba” with spiky and round shapes, respectively, a phenomenon named the bouba-kiki effect. To explore the origin of t...

“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪

19.02.2026 19:20 👍 334 🔁 123 💬 13 📌 40
From 'credentials' to 'ease' in 3 secret steps, and from 'smuggling' to 'owe' in 12.  www.inflekt.net daily level 4 puzzle.

From 'credentials' to 'ease' in 3 secret steps, and from 'smuggling' to 'owe' in 12. www.inflekt.net daily level 4 puzzle.

I'm happy with 'ease' but my 'owe' can likely be beaten. @amycgale.bsky.social

20.02.2026 02:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ok, got it. Congrats! Had a wee go at beating it but I suspect it can't be done.

19.02.2026 04:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

13!!? I suspect i would need the rest of the day to find that. We shall see.

19.02.2026 03:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Inflekt level 5, in 26 steps

Inflekt level 5, in 26 steps

Inflekt Level 4, in 9 steps

Inflekt Level 4, in 9 steps

Maybe today's the day I'll edge ahead of @amycgale.bsky.social (www.inflekt.net)

19.02.2026 02:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
One step behind,  as always.

One step behind, as always.

And also for level 4! Grr.

18.02.2026 03:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Level 5, in 33 steps. Sadly, one more than Amy.

Level 5, in 33 steps. Sadly, one more than Amy.

You're beating me by 1!

18.02.2026 03:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image showing 'gigging' and 'dining' derived from 'pertaining' and 'implied' in 7 secret steps.

Image showing 'gigging' and 'dining' derived from 'pertaining' and 'implied' in 7 secret steps.

Today's level 4

17.02.2026 06:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image showing 'binning' derived from 'dribble' in 4 secret steps.

Image showing 'binning' derived from 'dribble' in 4 secret steps.

Today's level 3

17.02.2026 06:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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May I suggest that what everyone needs in their life right now is a daily linguistics puzzle. Here's me bashing through a few lvl 1 'inflekt' puzzles, & my solution to today's daily level 3 & 4 (RP) - in thread. And no, I don't have anything else I should be doing, thanks for asking. www.inflekt.net

17.02.2026 06:40 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0