pretentiousness
Pretentiousness can refer to lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity 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
15
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
PR
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRETENTIOUSNESS” Mean?
pretentiousness has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 senseslack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
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 PRETENTIOUSNESS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
15
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
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Definition
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Length
15 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Letters
P, R, E, T, E, N, T, I, O, U, S, N, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PRETENTIOUSNESS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRETENTIOUSNESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENTIOUSNESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 15-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRETENTIOUSNESS 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
6
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEDFGHIECII
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ET, TE, EN, NT, TI, IO, OU, US, SN, NE, ES, SS
Trigrams
PRE, RET, ETE, TEN, ENT, NTI, TIO, IOU, OUS, USN, SNE, NES, ESS
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