Tricky Test 2 Level 5

Overview

This level is a homophone wordplay puzzle. The question at the top reads "Which bear has no ear?" and below it six identical-looking brown bear faces are arranged in three rows of two, each labeled with a letter: A, B, C on the top row and D, E, F on the bottom. Every bear sprite looks exactly the same — none of them is visibly missing an ear — which is the whole point. The puzzle is not about looking at the bears at all; it is about the English word "bear" itself. The correct choice is bear B, because the joke is that "B-ear" spells "bear": the letter B plus the word "ear" makes "bear," so the bear that has "no ear" left over is the one labeled B.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 1 tap

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the question "Which bear has no ear?" at the top of the screen.
2. Look at the six bear faces A through F. Notice that they are all drawn identically; none of them is missing an ear in the artwork. This tells you the puzzle is not a visual spot-the-difference.
3. Sound out the word "bear": it is pronounced "B" + "ear". The letter B followed by the word "ear" literally spells "b-ear."
4. If you take the word "bear" and remove the "ear" part, what is left over is the letter B. That leftover letter is the bear "with no ear."
5. Tap the bear labeled "B" — it is the bear on the top row, to the right of bear A.
6. The level completes: all the other bears (A, C, D, E, F) vanish, leaving only bear B in the center of the screen, and yellow text explains "Bear without ear will be B. So B is the answer. (B-ear)."

Strategy & Reasoning

The trap is that players scrutinize the six bear faces looking for one with a missing ear. They zoom in, compare A to B to C pixel by pixel, and find nothing different. That is by design: the bears are decoys. The puzzle is a rebus. The word "bear" decomposes phonetically into the letter name "B" plus the body part "ear." A "bear without ear" is therefore the letter B itself.

This is a classic Tricky Test 2 homophone trick: the question asks about a property of the printed word, not about the picture. Once you say "b-ear" out loud, the answer clicks immediately. The game even confirms it on the results screen by writing "B-ear" as the parenthetical explanation.

Other choices are wrong because no bear face has a visually missing ear, and tapping A, C, D, E, or F just costs a heart. The letters are labels, not clues about the artwork; the only letter that participates in the "b-ear" rebus is B.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Common mistake: Comparing the bear faces visually, hunting for one that is drawn without an ear. They are all identical; stop looking at the artwork.
• Common mistake: Tapping A because it is the first bear. There is no earless bear in the drawing; the answer is a letter pun.
• Tip: Say the word "bear" out loud and break it into sounds: "B" + "ear." The leftover letter is the answer.
• Tip: The on-screen explanation after answering literally spells it "(B-ear)," confirming the homophone.
• Tip: If you have already tapped another bear and lost a heart, do not tap another face — the correct choice is B on the top row.