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Definition of pretenses

"pretenses" 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 pretenses

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretenses, like flowers, fall to the ground: nor can any counterfeit last long. [ Cicero ]

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pretenses in Scrabble®

The word pretenses 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pretenses:

PRETENSES
(108)
PRETENSES
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

entrees, nesters, pesters, present, presets, preteen, renests, repents, resents, resteps, serpent, steepen, steeper, terpene

 

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

PRETENSES
(108)
PRETENSES
(108)
TERPENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
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pretenses in Words With Friends™

The word pretenses 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: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters pretenses:

PRETENSES
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

entrees, nesters, pesters, present, presets, preteen, renests, repents, resents, resteps, serpent, steepen, steeper, terpene

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pretenses

PRETENSES
(171)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pretenses

PRETENSES
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STEEPEN
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TERPENE
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PRETENSES
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Words containing the sequence pretenses

Words that start with pretenses (1 word)

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Words with pretenses in them (1 word)

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Words that end with pretenses (1 word)

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