Definitions for decipher

decipher de·ci·pher

Spelling: [dih-sahy-fer]
IPA: /dɪˈsaɪ fər/

Decipher is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in decipher (cdeehipr).

Definitions for decipher

verb (used with object)

  1. to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.):
  2. to discover the meaning of (anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand):
  3. to interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher:
  4. Obsolete. to depict; portray.

Origin of decipher

1520-30; translation of Middle French déchiffrer. See de-, cipher

Examples for decipher

It was beyond the capacity of any human cryptologist to decipher the signals.

Of Greek I can decipher perhaps the greater part of the Greek alphabet.

And still he dreaded the approach of the day when he should decipher its awful meaning.

After a brief exchange to decipher why Smith, Alencar, and Mousa wanted to go to Syria, the journalists told them to go home.

There is not a living eye that could now decipher these memorials.

To decipher the message, a special code-book or dictionary would be required.

The duchess sat at a replica radio to hear, learn about, and decipher morse code.

I never owned a copy but I knew people who did, and we spent hours in dorm rooms trying to decipher what was on it.

For those few months it may have appeared quite simple to decipher the good from the bad.

Many others are so defaced that it is impossible to decipher them.

Word Value for decipher
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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