scrambled text
Mixed-up letter soup
Scrambled text is writing with its letters or words rearranged into a jumbled order.
Text may be scrambled intentionally as a puzzle or word game, or to obscure meaning: The scrambled text revealed the hidden message when decoded.
In digital contexts, scrambled text often results from encoding errors or corrupted data rendering characters as gibberish.
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- cipherHidden writing system
- secret codeEncrypted communication system
- anagramReshuffled letter word
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