Make hard to read, in a way
The crossword clue "Make hard to read, in a way" is answered by ENCODE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ENCODE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENCODE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ENCODE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENCODE, most used first.
- Make hard to read - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Make secret - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Convert into cipher - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Make cryptic - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Write cryptograms - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make beloved - ENDEAR, used 141 times
- Make possible - ENABLE, used 130 times
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Make certain - ENSURE, used 99 times
- Make bubbly - AERATE, used 61 times
- In a way - SORTOF, used 53 times
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