The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHRED which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Render unreadable, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHRED | 60 % | 5 |
| ENCODE | 30 % | 6 |
| CODE | 10 % | 4 |
Why may SHRED be the right solution?
The answer "SHRED" fits the clue because shredding a document makes it unreadable.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Render unreadable, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ban
- erase
- shred
- read
- sterilize
- sterilized
- stop
- tie
- tied
- ties
- encryption
- scramble
Crossword Answer definitions
SHRED noun- A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
- In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
- To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
- To reduce by a large percentage.
- To lop; to prune; to trim.
- To ride aggressively.
- To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
- To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SHRED
- Grate
- Make cole slaw
- Bit of evidence
- Particle
- Render unreadable, in a way
- Play the guitar like a guitar god
- Really wail on a guitar
- Fragment
- Ragged bit
- Ripped-off item
More clues leading to the result ENCODE
- Make a message secret
- Program a smart card
- Convert to machine language
- Convert into cipher
- Make hard to read
- Make secret
- Put in cipher
- Obfuscate, in a way
- Convert into machine language
- Render hard to read