unscramble

[ uhn-skram-buhl ]

verb (used with object)

, un·scram·bled, un·scram·bling.

1. to bring out of a scrambled condition; reduce to order or intelligibility.
2. Also to make (a scrambled radio or telephonic message) comprehensible by systematically tuning the receiver to the frequencies used in transmission. Compare decode ( def 2 ).

unscramble

/ ʌnˈskræmbəl /

verb

1. to resolve from confusion or disorderliness
2. to restore (a scrambled message) to an intelligible form

Derived Forms

• unˈscrambler, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unscramble¹

First recorded in 1915–20; un- ² + scramble

Example Sentences

In the game, you had to unscramble successively larger, nested collections of letters to create a valid “chain” of six English words between four and nine letters in length.

From FiveThirtyEight

In the game of Anigrams, you unscramble successively larger, nested collections of letters to create a valid “chain” of six English words between four and nine letters in length.

From FiveThirtyEight

Anyone can use the receiver’s public key to scramble data, which only the receiver can unscramble using the private key.

From MIT Technology Review

This tool basically decodes the frequency of events, much like unscrambling ingredients that have gone into the blender for a cake.

From Singularity Hub 

This forwards five messages — the allegedly offending one along with the four previous ones in the exchange, including any images or videos — to WhatsApp in unscrambled form, according to former WhatsApp engineers and moderators.

From ProPublica

But, with every quarter that passes, it's harder to unscramble the egg.

From The Daily Beast

The disadvantage, soon manifest, was that no plan had been devised to unscramble the reports from the various tanks.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Pentagon it takes days to unscramble a received broadcast such as Betsy receives!

From Project Gutenberg

"These two'll unscramble that broadcast," said Sergeant Bellews, with tranquil confidence.

From Project Gutenberg

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