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

On the first of March of the year 1815, when the representatives of the allies were ready to begin the work of unscrambling the map of Europe, Napoleon suddenly landed near Cannes.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem