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PRETENSES

9 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PRETENSES Means

PRETENSES is a form of PRETENSE, which means:

  1. noun: the act of giving a false appearance“his conformity was only pretending”
  2. noun: pretending with intention to deceive

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PRETENSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 T1 E1 N1 S1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PRETENSES

260 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (12)

7 letter words (22)

6 letter words (49)

5 letter words (74)

4 letter words (63)

3 letter words (30)

2 letter words (10)

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