unscramble

U1N1S1C3R1A1M3B3L1E1

verb

To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.

Similar
unravelunknotuntangleunpick
Opposite
scramble
OriginEnglish scramble ← Middle English on- ← Old English on- →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

verbunscramble (third-person singular simple present unscrambles, present participle unscrambling, simple past and past participle unscrambled)

present singular third person unscrambles · participle present unscrambling · participle past unscrambled · past unscrambled

  1. transitiveTo reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.
  2. transitiveTo restore to order; to rectify.

    'They're just making it look as if all their big shots were gaga. God knows how they're going to unscramble the whole business.'

    1953, Ian Fleming, “The White Tent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 138

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake intelligible

Opposite
scramble
Broader
changealtermodify

verbbecome or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Similar
unravelunknotuntangleunpick
Broader
undo
Also see
uncipherunknotunpickunraveluntangle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishscramble
  10. Englishunscramble

From un- + scramble.

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Translations

Bulgarian разшифро́вам
  • разшифро́вам (razšifróvam)to decrypt
Russian расшифро́вывать, расшифрова́ть
  • расшифро́вывать (rasšifróvyvatʹ)to decrypt
  • расшифрова́ть (rasšifrovátʹ)to decrypt

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unscramble

Campbellgamblescrambleramblebrambleamblehamblegambolshamblecramblefamblerescramble
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Cite this entry
APA

unscramble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscramble

MLA

“unscramble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscramble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscramble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscramble.

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