unscrambling
- present participle of unscramble.
Example Sentences
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With the imminent publication of his final book titled "Magpie Murders," eagle-eyed readers would realize that unscrambling the first letters for each novel in the detective series would spell out "AN ANAGRAM."
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
Then, once one knows the colors, it’s simply a matter of unscrambling one’s guesses until they’re in the right order.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
One group completed a task that included unscrambling words in sentences containing words such as “analyze” and “rational,” which primed them to think more analytically.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 23, 2020
But coded messages are harder to discern, particularly by policy teams that have not invested in unscrambling them.
From The Verge ● Aug. 20, 2020
Then followed the process of "unscrambling the omelet," to use J. P. Morgan's phrase, in order to bring the companies already illegally merged within the letter of the law.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by Thayer, William Roscoe
