Make-believe
The crossword clue "Make-believe" is answered by PRETENSE, a 8-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PRETENSE
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRETENSE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PRETENSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PRETENSE, most used first.
- Sham - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- False show - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- False appearance - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make hostile - ALIENATE, used 11 times
- Make over - RECREATE, used 8 times
- Make over - RENOVATE, used 8 times
- Make an enemy of - ALIENATE, used 7 times
- Make light of - POOHPOOH, used 7 times
- Make unfriendly. - ALIENATE, used 7 times
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