10-Letter Words Ending in TENSION
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 10-Letter Words Ending in TENSION
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 10-Letter Words Ending in TENSION 3 words
How common is TENSION at the end of ten-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 ten-letter words ending in TENSION. They average 11.7 points and the best is PRETENSION (12 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 11.7
- out of 12 max
- Everyday words
- 33%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common first letter
- P
- 66.7% of words
Most common first letters
- p 66.7%
- d 33.3%
Top vowel pairs
- io100%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring ten-letter word ending in TENSION
p 3r 1e 1t 1e 1n 1s 1i 1o 1n 1
P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1 = 12 points
- Double word
- 24 pts
- Triple word
- 36 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
pretension
- nouna false or unsupportable quality
- nounthe advancing of a claim“his pretension to the crown”
- nounthe quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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How many ten-letter words ending in TENSION are there?
There are 3 ten-letter words ending in TENSION in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring ten-letter word ending in TENSION?
PRETENSION is worth 12 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PROTENSION (12), DISTENSION (11).