pretend
Pretend can refer to the enactment of a pretense. As a verb, pretend can mean to make believe with the intent to deceive, put forward a claim and assert right or possession of, or behave unnaturally or affectedly.
Length
7
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
PR
Ends
END
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PRETEND” Mean?
/pɹɪˈtɛnd/
pretend has 8 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
1 senseimagined as in a play
“the make-believe world of theater”
“dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish”
Noun
1 sensethe enactment of a pretense
“it was just pretend”
Verb
6 sensesput forward a claim and assert right or possession of
“pretend the title of King”
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
“She makes like an actress”
Synonyms
state insincerely
“He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt”
“She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber”
“She pretends to be an expert on wine”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
imagined as in a play
Length
7 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, D
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PRETEND has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETEND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETEND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETEND contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEF
CV Pattern
CCVCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, ND
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, END
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