Solvers are given a number of transformations that can be applied to words to make new words. In given order, which is alphabetical by starting word, these are:
- BEAD -> BEARD (Add an R after the third letter)
- HAND -> H (Delete AND)
- HEART -> EARTH (Move the first letter to the end)
- JET <-> GIANT (Replace the singular form of an NFL team with the other NFL team from the same city)
- LIONESS <-> LION (Change the gender of the word)
- METAPOD -> CATERPIE (Revert the Pokemon to its unevolved form, or go back one in the pokedex)
- PIG -> HAY (Caesar shift the word back eight letters)
- TIMER -> TIGER (Replace M with a G)
- WHO <-> OHM (Rotate the word 180 degrees)
Each of these transformations corresponds to an arrow with a specific symbol, which are used in the pathway through the center of the page to transform CHAMELEON to the final answer, as shown below:
- CHAMELEON -> CHARMELEON (Add an R after the third letter)
- CHARMELEON -> CHARMANDER (Revert the Pokemon to its unevolved form, or go back one in the pokedex)
- CHARMANDER -> CHARMER (Delete AND)
- CHARMER -> CHARGER (Replace M with a G)
- CHARGER -> RAM (Replace the singular form of an NFL team with the other NFL team from the same city)
- RAM -> EWE (Change the gender of the word)
- EWE -> WOW (Caesar shift the word back eight letters)
- WOW -> MOM (Rotate the word 180 degrees)
- MOM -> DAD (Change the gender of the word)
- DAD -> ADD (Move the first letter to the end)
The answer to the puzzle is ADD.