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   De·crypt

   /dēˈkript/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible: "the computer can be used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive transmissions"

   noun

   • 1. a text that has been decoded: "he passed the raw decrypts to Moscow, but denies that he was a spy"

   Word Origin 1930s: from de- (expressing reversal) + crypt as in encrypt.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decryption noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • D

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   • E

     1

   • C

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   • R

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   • Y

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   • P

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   • T

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