Solution: Animals
Answer: PLAIT
Written by Jonathan
We can depict the transformation given in the flavortext as Wed + Ant -> Wanted. We need to do the same for the other words, and find the relevant animal matching.
| Left Word | Right Word | Animal | Index | Extracted Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cher | Cheaper | Ape | 4 | A |
| Unable | Unbearable | Bear | 2 | N |
| Reed | Resealed | Seal | 3 | S |
| Pie | Pirate | Rat | 1 | P |
| Sly | Slowly | Owl | 5 | L |
| France | Freelance | Eel | 6 | A |
| Complied | Complicated | Cat | 6 | I |
| Deer | Debater | Bat | 5 | T |
The answer is PLAIT.
Author's Notes
This puzzle was the first puzzle to be written for Puzzle Rojak 2, and was inspired by what I saw along a street in Buffalo, NY, in mid 2021 when I visited (yes, that was before Puzzle Rojak 1). We already had the Kangaroo words puzzle then, and so this idea was shelved. 