The word pretension is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • pretension n. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
  • pretension n. Pretentiousness.
  • pretension v. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.

17 valid words from 3 definitions

AN APPLY ASPIRATION BEFORE CLAIM EVENT OBJECT OR OTHER PARTICULAR PRETENTIOUSNESS PROCESS QUALITY SOME STATUS TENSION TO

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EN ENS ET ETEN ETENS IO ION ON PRE RE RET RETE SI TE TEN TENS TENSION

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ER ET IS NE NET NETE NO OI OIS TE

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

INTERPONES

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

PREHENSION PRESENSION PROTENSION

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PRETENSIONS PRETENSIONED PRETENSIONING PRETENSIONLESS

7 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C NONRECEIPTS
+H INTERPHONES
+M OMNIPRESENT
+P PORPENTINES
+S PRETENSIONS
+T SEPTENTRION
+V PREVENTIONS

8 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-N ENTROPIES INTERPOSE
-O SPINNERET
-P TENSIONER
-R PENISTONE
-S INTERPONE
-T PENSIONER PERNIONES

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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