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Definition of pretense

"pretense" in the noun sense

1. pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning

the act of giving a false appearance

"his conformity was only pretending"

2. pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling

pretending with intention to deceive

3. pretense, pretence, make-believe

imaginative intellectual play

4. pretension, pretense, pretence

a false or unsupportable quality

5. guise, pretense, pretence, pretext

an artful or simulated semblance

"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

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Quotations for pretense

The wolf never wants for a pretense against a lamb. [ Proverb ]

If you want a pretense to whip a dog, it is enough to say he eat up the frying-pan. [ Proverb ]

Our understandings are always liable to error. Nature and certainty is very hard to come at; and infallibility is mere vanity and pretense. [ Marcus Antoninus ]

Heaven must scorn the humility which we telegraph thither by genuflection; it must prefer the manliness that stands by all created gifts, and looks itself in the face without pretense of worship. [ John Weiss ]

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pretense in Scrabble®

The word pretense is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pretense:

PRETENSE
(99)
PRETENSE
(99)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

entrees, present, preteen, repents, serpent, steepen, steeper, terpene

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In pretense

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pretense in Words With Friends™

The word pretense is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pretense:

STEEPEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
SERPENT
(104 = 69 + 35)
TERPENE
(104 = 69 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

entrees, present, preteen, repents, serpent, steepen, steeper, terpene

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pretense

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(84)
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(64)
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(14)
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(14)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pretense

STEEPEN
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SERPENT
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TERPENE
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PRETENSE
(84)
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(84)
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Words containing the sequence pretense

Words that start with pretense (2 words)

pretensepretenses

Words with pretense in them (1 word)

pretense

Words that end with pretense (1 word)

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Word Growth involving pretense

Shorter words in pretense

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Longer words containing pretense

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