Answer: Heart, hear.
In many words the final letters, particularly the last three, when standing alone, do not, unless re-arranged, express a word conveying sense or meaning, but by an easy and simple re-arrangement or transposition can be made to do so. This may be seen in such words as—
Sword, word (ord transposes into rod).
Scent, cent (ent transposes into ten).
Puzzles of this class are usually included among "Retailings," and the above examples of "sword" and "scent" are examples combined of both Decapitation and Retailing.
Again, in other words, the finals can be made to express two or more words of different meanings, as—
Fowl, owl (which also transposes into low).
Scant, cant, ant (which also transposes into tan).
The following is a combined Decapitation and Retailing puzzle, the retailing being effected by a transposition of the letters:—