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   blench

   /blɛn(t)ʃ/

   verb

   • 1. make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain: "he blenched and struggled to regain his composure"
   • 2. become pale: "a shudder shook the boy's frame and his face blenched"

   Word Origin Old Englishblencan ‘deceive’, of Germanic origin; later influenced by blink. blench (sense 2) is a variant of blanch, although in practice the two senses are very difficult to disambiguate.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

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