Make hard to read
The crossword clue "Make hard to read" is answered by ENCODE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ENCODE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENCODE answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ENCIPHER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ENCODE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENCODE, most used first.
- Make secret - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Convert into cipher - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Make hard to read, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- Make certain - ENSURE, used 99 times
- Make bubbly - AERATE, used 61 times
- Hard to find - SCARCE, used 44 times
- Make lovable - ENDEAR, used 44 times
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