Not a Meaty Text-Rebus

[Otis]

pig---s (1)

 

[Denis]

Out of despair: pigeon's hole ???

 

[Otis]

Answer is one word. :cool:

 

[Harry_the_cat]

pigtails??

 

[Otis]

pigtails??

There's only three letters missing in pig---s \(\displaystyle \quad\) :cool:

 

[Otis]

Hint: Answer contains the missing letters

 

[Otis]

Maybe the 's' is confusing; I could've left it off.

pig--- (1)

 

[Romsek]

Maybe the 's' is confusing; I could've left it off.

pig--- (1)

**piglet** ?

 

[Otis]

** **

Yes, that word contains the missing letters; now use 'em, to form the answer. :cool:

 

[Otis]

Answer: cutlet

Not very meaty; prefer a por- (2)

 

[Romsek]

Answer: cutlet

Not very meaty; prefer a por- (2)

**pork chop**

 

[Otis]

** **

Correct.

Come to think of it, there's three answers for the same puzzle:

pig--- (1) is cutlet

pig--- (2) is pork chop (or pigeon hole, per Denis)

 

[Romsek]

Correct.

Come to think of it, there's three answers for the same puzzle:

pig--- (1) is cutlet

pig--- (2) is pork chop (or pigeon hole, per Denis)

so if I understand (trying to get how these rebus's work)

cutlet is derived from the face that you "cut" the let from piglet?

 

[Otis]

… cutlet is derived from the fact that you "cut" the let from piglet?

¡Exactamente!

Start with six-letter words that fit the template pig--- (eg: pigeon, pigpen, piglet, pigsty, …).

Then find something having to do with the missing letters.

Other examples:

fl-wed (1) yields: amiss

cr--by (1) yields: about

abcd-fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcd-fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcd-fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (1) yields: axes


That's only one type of text-rebus. Some other types:

Tom A. B. C. D. E. E. E. … (1)

'tom' followed by letters 'A' to 'E's yields: tomatoes

d SI u LL h (1) needs to be read outloud (SILL in duh). yielding: cylinder

lange (1) is wrecked spelling of angle; read outloud as: rectangle


Anything that makes some sense … :cool: