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Blanching

Scrabble:17 ptsWWF:22 pts9 letters
Definition of Blanching

verb

  1. To grow or become white

    "His cheek blanched with fear."

  2. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach

    "Age has blanched his hair."

  3. To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
  4. To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
  5. To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together

verb

  1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
  2. To cause to turn aside or back.

    "to blanch a deer"

  3. To use evasion.

noun

  1. The act by which something is blanched.
Anagrams of Blanching

No exact anagrams found for "blanching". This word has a unique letter combination.

Related Word Patterns
BL...Words starting with "bl"...NGWords ending with "ng"All 9-letter wordsUnscramble "blanching"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

palliate
Letter Values
b3
l1
a1
n1
c3
h4
i1
n1
g2

Total: 17 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Blanching
aahingabandoningabashingabasingabatingabbreviatingabdicatingabducingabductingabeggingabettingabhorring
Related 9-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Blanching"

Blanching is a 9-letter word that scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Blanching" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "blanching" is a high-scoring word.