Pretense
The crossword clue "Pretense" is answered by CHARADE, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHARADE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHARADE answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CHARADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHARADE, most used first.
- Blatant deception - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Blatant pretense - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Guessing game. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
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