pretensive
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 18
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- 10
Definition of pretensive
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (archaic)Pretended; feigned.
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adj
- (archaic)Pretended; feigned.
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(US)Pretentious.
“I used half a lifetime reading the critics, and while I found the content pretensive I found the style somehow pleasurable […].”
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Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin praetendere + -ive.
Words you can make from pretensive
200+ playable · top: VESPERTINE (15 pts)
Best play vespertine 15 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
12 words7-letter words
51 words- PENSIVE 12 pts
- PREVENT 12 pts
- PREVISE 12 pts
- PRIVETS 12 pts
- VESPINE 12 pts
- ENVIERS 10 pts
- EVENERS 10 pts
- EVENEST 10 pts
- EVENTER 10 pts
- INVERSE 10 pts
- INVERTS 10 pts
- RESTIVE 10 pts
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- STRIVEN 10 pts
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- PRESENT 9 pts
- PRETEEN 9 pts
- PTERINS 9 pts
- REPENTS 9 pts
- REPINES 9 pts
- RESPITE 9 pts
- SEEPIER 9 pts
- SERPENT 9 pts
- STEEPEN 9 pts
- STEEPER 9 pts
- TERPENE 9 pts
- EENSIER 7 pts
- EERIEST 7 pts
- ENTIRES 7 pts
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- ENTRIES 7 pts
- ESERINE 7 pts
- RETENES 7 pts
- RETINES 7 pts
- TEENERS 7 pts
- TEENIER 7 pts
- TRIENES 7 pts
6-letter words
93 words- PEEVES 11 pts
- PRIVET 11 pts
- VESPER 11 pts
- VIPERS 11 pts
- ENVIER 9 pts
- ENVIES 9 pts
- EVENER 9 pts
- EVENTS 9 pts
- EVERTS 9 pts
- EVITES 9 pts
- INVERT 9 pts
- INVEST 9 pts
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- STRIVE 9 pts
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- VENIRE 9 pts
- VENTER 9 pts
- VERIST 9 pts
- VERITE 9 pts
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- PETERS 8 pts
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- TEPEES 8 pts
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- ENTERS 6 pts
- ENTIRE 6 pts
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- ESTRIN 6 pts
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- INSERT 6 pts
- INTERS 6 pts
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- TEENER 6 pts
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- TENSER 6 pts
- TERNES 6 pts
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- TRIENE 6 pts
- TRIENS 6 pts
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5-letter words
42 words- PEEVE 10 pts
- PERVS 10 pts
- EVENS 8 pts
- EVENT 8 pts
- EVERT 8 pts
- EVITE 8 pts
- NERVE 8 pts
- NEVER 8 pts
- NEVES 8 pts
- NIEVE 8 pts
- EPEES 7 pts
- INEPT 7 pts
- NEEPS 7 pts
- PEENS 7 pts
- PEERS 7 pts
- PEINS 7 pts
- PEISE 7 pts
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- PENIS 7 pts
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- PIERS 7 pts
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- PINTS 7 pts
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- PREEN 7 pts
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- EERIE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- ERNES 5 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NERTS 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
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