Unscramble PRETENDANT and you have 297 words, PRETENDANT itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. PATTERNED and TREPANNED are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PRETENDANT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 9 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
23 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENDANT; 10 of them share the top score of 10. PATTERN, TREATED and PENDANT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PRETENDANT, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. PARENT, PATENT and ATTEND are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with PRETENDANT letters; 12 of them share the top score of 8. PETER, RATED and DETER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENDANT, the top score is 7, reached by 8. DATE, NEED and PART are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from PRETENDANT; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, END and ART are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of PRETENDANT, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PATTERNED and TREPANNED (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRETENDANT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETENDANT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 232 | 297 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRETENDANT, PRATTED, PRENTED, TAPETED, DRAPET, NEAPED, PEANED, PERNED, TRAPED, APTED, ARETTED, PANTER and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PATTENED, EPATER, NAPED, NEPETA, PANEER, PANNER, PAREN, ATTED, DENAR, DEP, PERE, DAN and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PRETENDANT and one more.