pretending
Pretending can refer to the act of giving a false appearance.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
PR
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENDING” Mean?
pretending has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensethe act of giving a false appearance
“his conformity was only pretending”
Synonyms for PRETENDING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
the act of giving a false appearance
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, D, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PRETENDING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENDING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENDING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENDING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFGEH
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, ND, DI, IN, NG
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, END, NDI, DIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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