Unscramble PRETENSE and you have 190 words, PRETENSE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: PRETEENS and TERPENES. The best shorter words score 9: 10 of them, PRESENT, PRETEEN and SERPENT included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PRETENSE split into 3 with 8 letters, 13 with 7, 27 with 6, 55 with 5, 53 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETENSE, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. ENTERS, PETERS and PRESET are the ones most people know.
25 of 55 5-letter words from PRETENSE tie at 7 points; none scores more. ENTER, TEENS and PETER will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words in PRETENSE, 20 score 6 points, the group's best. TEEN, STEP and SEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PRETENSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PR · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
PRETENSE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRETENSE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETENSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 146 | 190 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENSTEEP, ESTREPE, NEPERS, PETRES, PRENTS, NEPER, PENTS, PERNS, PERST, PERTS, PETRE, PRENT and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERES, PERE, PST, TERES, ESNE, TRES, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PRETENSE and one more.