Unscramble PRETENCES to get 255 words. PRETENCES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1E1T1E1N12C34E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PRETENCES split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 28 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 28 7-letter words made with PRETENCES letters, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. PRESENT, PERCENT and RESPECT are the ones most people know.
10 of 54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENCES tie at 10 points; none scores more. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from PRETENCES, the top score is 9, reached by 10. ENTER, PETER and SPENT are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENCES tie at 8 points; none scores more. STEP, SEEN and SENT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRETENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PRETENCES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRETENCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 199 | 255 | 185 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
56 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEECES, PENCES, PERCEN, PERCES, PRECES, CREPS, ENSTEEP, ESTREPE, PEECE, PERCE, RECENSE, CERNES and 44 more. 14 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERCS, SPECT, PERC, CERTS, PERES, CERT, PERE, TECS, PST, TEC, ESNE, EST and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of PRETENCES plus a single extra one.