Question

Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser:

DOD Take letter 1
ONRUM Take letters 1,2 & 5
CROSITH Take letters 1,2 & 3
ERVNE Take letters 1,2

Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?

Answer 1

DOD=ODD....................................[1..........................O]..........(i)
ONRUM=MOURN........................[1,2,&5......M,O,&N]..........(ii)
CROSITH=OSTRICH..................[1,2,&3.......O,S,&T].........(iii)
ERVNE=NEVER...........................[1,2...................N,E].........(iv)

From (i) to (iv)
O,M,O,N,O,S,T,N,E=MOONSTONE
Ans is MOONSTONE

Answer 2

Odd
MOurN
OSTrich
NEver

MOONSTONE