pretentious
Pretentious is also used as adjective, with meanings including making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.
Length
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
PR
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENTIOUS” Mean?
/pɹɪˈtɛnʃəs/
pretentious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesmaking claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
“a pretentious country house”
“a pretentious fraud”
“a pretentious scholarly edition”
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
Synonyms
Synonyms for PRETENTIOUS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PRETENTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENTIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEDFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, NT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, ENT, NTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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