Is PRETENSIONED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRETENSIONED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PRETENSIONED mean?
Pretensioned is a form of PRETENSION.
- noun
a false or unsupportable quality
- noun
the advancing of a claim
“his pretension to the crown”
- noun
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
12
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + S (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PRETENSIONED
PRETENSIONED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from PRETENSIONED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- interposed13
- predestine13
- prednisone13
- respondent13
- terpenoids13
- pretension12
- serpentine12
- deponents12
- deportees12
- dripstone12
- endpoints12
- pensioned12
- pentoside12
- pioneered12
- presented12
- president12
- proteides12
- redeposit12
- repetends12
- repointed12
- reposited12
- terpenoid12
- internodes11
- entropies11
- interpose11
- neoprenes11
- pensioner11
- perniones11
- spinneret11
- deponent11
- deportee11
- diopters11
- dioptres11
- dipteron11
- dopester11
- endpoint11
- epidotes11
- pendents11
- pentodes11
- peridots11
- pestered11
- poetised11
- portends11
- portside11
- postered11
- preedits11
- pretends11
- priested11
- prisoned11
- proteide11
- proteids11
- protends11
- reopened11
- repented11
- repetend11
- repinned11
- reposted11
- respited11
- riposted11
- speedier11
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