pretension
Pretension can refer to a false or unsupportable quality, the advancing of a claim, or the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
Length
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
PR
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENSION” Mean?
pretension has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe advancing of a claim
“his pretension to the crown”
“the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort”
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Synonyms
Synonyms for PRETENSION
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a false or unsupportable quality
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, S, I, O, N
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
★★★★☆PRETENSION has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENSION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENSION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENSION 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
ABCDCEFGHE
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, NS, SI, IO, ON
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, ENS, NSI, SIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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