pretense
Pretense can refer to the act of giving a false appearance, pretending with intention to deceive, or a false or unsupportable quality.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
PR
Ends
NSE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENSE” Mean?
/ˈpɹiːtɛns/
pretense has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesthe act of giving a false appearance
“his conformity was only pretending”
pretending with intention to deceive
Synonyms
imaginative intellectual play
Synonyms
a false or unsupportable quality
Synonyms
Synonyms for PRETENSE
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the act of giving a false appearance
Length
8 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, S, E
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PRETENSE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENSE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFC
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, NS, SE
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, ENS, NSE
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