313 words come out when you unscramble PRETENDING, starting with PRETENDING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. REPENTING is 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.
By length, the words from PRETENDING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENDING is PENDING, 11 points; PEENING and PEERING on 10 follow. PRINTED, INTEGER and RENTING are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from PRETENDING are led by GRIPED and PINGED, 10 points each. ENGINE, ENDING and GENDER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words in PRETENDING, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. PRINT, GREEN and PETER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with PRETENDING letters; 11 of them share the top score of 7. EDIT, DEEP and TRIP are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENDING, the top score is 6, reached by 6. GET, END and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PRETENDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
PRETENDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRETENDING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 239 | 313 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRENTING, ENRINGED, PENNIED, PERNING, PRENTED, TEENDING, TEPIDER, DERNING, ENPRINT, GREINED, GRENNED, PENING and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INEPTER, GENNED, PEDI, DEP, IDENT, PERE, REGIE, DENI, NEG, GI and TE, 11 in all.