decrypt

Plural: decrypts

Verb

Verb Forms: decrypted, decrypting, decrypts

To convert a coded message into intelligible language.
convert code into ordinary language
To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

Noun

A decoded communication.

Examples

He managed to DECRYPT the jumbled letters into a fantastic Scrabble play.

Origin / Etymology

From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Synonyms

decipher, decode

Antonyms

encode, encipher, encrypt

Scrabble Score: 15

decrypt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
decrypt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
decrypt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

decrypt: valid Words With Friends Word