BLANCHING — Scrabble Check: BLANCHING

Valid: ✓ Yes Score: 17 pts 9 letters
✓ Valid Scrabble Word
B3
L1
A1
N1
C3
H4
I1
N1
G2

BLANCHING scores 17 points (base, without multipliers).

17
Points
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
Synonyms
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.

📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blanch

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is BLANCHING allowed in Scrabble?
Yes, BLANCHING is a legal Scrabble word.
How many points is BLANCHING worth in Scrabble?
BLANCHING is worth 17 base points in Scrabble before any board multipliers are applied.