The Clue
Shams (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PRETENSES
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Notes
The answer PRETENSES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Masks
Semblances
They may be false
Definition
PRETENSE as a noun:
1. (pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning) = the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
2. (pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling) = pretending with intention to deceive
3. (pretense, pretence, make-believe) = imaginative intellectual play
4. (pretension, pretense, pretence) = a false or unsupportable quality
5. (guise, pretense, pretence, pretext) = an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"