Blaine’s Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 21, 2026): Nocturnal Creature

Q: Take the name of a nocturnal creature, in two words. The first word is a spooky sound. Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the second word and you’ll get another spooky, nocturnal sound. What is the creature and what are the sounds?

Change the last two letters in the first word to a vowel and rearrange. The result is a word that describes most of this post.