“+ transitive verb
Etymology: un- (II) + scramble
1. : to separate (as a conglomeration, mass, or tangle) into original components : resolve , clarify
airfreight carriers, are trying to unscramble a merger omelet — Wall Street Journal
the various possible meanings of di- and de- are so confused that only an expert can unscramble them — Charlton Laird
the unscrambling of a composite race into its original pure-race constituents — A.L.Kroeber
had to unscramble the financial operations which had taken place — British Book News
no adult can ever successfully unscramble his complex mental life — Kathryn Maxwell
jars or cans dumped on table are instantly unscrambled and regimented into a single file — advt
2. : to restore (a scrambled telephonic, radio, or television transmission) to intelligible form
each process by different methods would enable the home television viewer to unscramble special telecast programs — Alvin Shuster