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pretend
adjective
1. Informal Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls.
2. Not genuine.
3. Being a nonfunctional imitation.
verb
1. To give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing.
2. To make believe.
3. To claim, represent, or assert falsely.
4. To feign an action, part, or role especially in play.
5. To put in a claim.
verb-intransitive
1. To feign an action or character, as in play.
2. To make pretensions: pretends to gourmet tastes.
3. To put forward a claim.
verb-transitive
1. To give a false appearance of; feign: "You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism” ( Anthony Burgess).
2. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.
3. To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
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pretend | 10 |
Scrabble |
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re | 2 |
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ne | 2 |
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en | 2 |
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net | 3 |
dee | 4 |
red | 4 |
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rep | 5 |
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pet | 5 |
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pen | 5 |
pee | 5 |
ped | 6 |
den | 4 |
nee | 3 |
dep | 6 |
ten | 3 |
tee | 3 |
ted | 4 |
ern | 3 |
ere | 3 |
end | 4 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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teed | 5 |
tend | 5 |
tern | 4 |
rede | 5 |
tree | 4 |
peed | 7 |
reed | 5 |
rend | 5 |
rent | 4 |
teen | 4 |
rete | 4 |
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dere | 5 |
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dent | 5 |
erne | 4 |
dene | 5 |
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need | 5 |
neep | 6 |
peen | 6 |
peer | 6 |
pend | 7 |
pent | 6 |
pere | 6 |
pert | 6 |
deep | 7 |
pree | 6 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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peter | 7 |
treed | 6 |
terne | 5 |
treen | 5 |
trend | 6 |
deter | 6 |
ender | 6 |
rente | 5 |
enter | 5 |
preen | 7 |
preed | 8 |
6 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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repent | 8 |
rented | 7 |
tender | 7 |
7 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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pretend | 10 |