The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BLANCHES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2018.
Scalds briefly in water, as tomatoes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLANCHES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scalds briefly in water, as tomatoes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blanch
- blanched
- duck
- stove
- ducks
- dunk
- dunking
- epa
- boiled egg
- coddled egg
- scald
- scalding
Crossword Answer definitions
BLANCHES verb- To grow or become white
- To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach
- To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
- 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
- To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
- To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
- To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
- (tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
- To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
- To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
- To cause to turn aside or back.
- To use evasion.
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