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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?" [ant: scramble]
2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: circa 1920 1. to separate (as a conglomeration or tangle) into original components ; resolve, clarify 2. to restore (scrambled communication) to intelligible form • unscrambler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. restore from a scrambled state, esp. interpret (a scrambled transmission etc.). Derivatives: unscrambler n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unscrambles, unscrambling, unscrambled) To unscramble things that are in a state of confusion or disorder means to arrange them so that they can be understood or seen clearly. All you have to do to win is unscramble the words here to find four names of birds. ...electronic circuits which can be programmed to allow the user to unscramble transmitted signals. VERB: V n, V n

Moby Thesaurus

answer, bottom, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disburden, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, extricate, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, free, free up, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, liberate, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, work, work out