Unscramble PRETENDENT and you have 163 words, PRETENDENT itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are REPENTED and REPETEND, 11 points each. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PRETENDENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 35 with 6, 27 with 5, 45 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENDENT, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. TENDER, DEEPER and RENTED are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from PRETENDENT, PENED and PREED tie for first at 8 points. ENTER, PETER and TREND are everyday picks.
DEEP, PEED and PEND are the top 4-letter words made with PRETENDENT letters, 7 points each. NEED, TEEN and TREE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRETENDENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; REPENTED and REPETEND (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PRETENDENT is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETENDENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 119 | 163 | 114 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: PRETENDENT, PRENTED, ENTENDER, PERNED, NEDETTE, PENED, DENNET, ETRENNE, NEPER, PETRE, PRENT, REEDEN and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: PRENEED, DEP, PERE, TENNE and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of PRETENDENT spell the words below.