pretender
Pretender can refer to a person who makes deceitful pretenses, a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title), or a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
PR
Ends
DER
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENDER” Mean?
pretender has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Length
9 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
R
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, D, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PRETENDER has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENDER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENDER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENDER 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
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFCB
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, ND, DE, ER
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, END, NDE, DER
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