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Is glean a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word glean is a Scrabble US word. The word glean is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is glean a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word glean is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

G2L1E1A1N1

Is glean a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word glean is a Words With Friends word. The word glean is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

ANGEL,ANGLE,GENAL,GLEAN,

4-letter words (15 found)

AGEN,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GLEN,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,NEAL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AGE,ALE,ANE,EAN,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,LAG,LEA,LEG,NAE,NAG,NEG,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from glean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of glean

glean lgean gelan eglan legan elgan glaen lgaen galen aglen lagen algen gealn egaln gaeln ageln eagln aegln leagn elagn laegn alegn ealgn aelgn glena lgena gelna eglna legna elgna glnea lgnea gnlea nglea lngea nlgea genla egnla gnela ngela engla negla lenga elnga lnega nlega enlga nelga glane lgane galne aglne lagne algne glnae lgnae gnlae nglae lngae nlgae ganle agnle gnale ngale angle nagle lange alnge lnage nlage anlge nalge geanl eganl gaenl agenl eagnl aegnl genal egnal gneal ngeal engal negal ganel agnel gnael ngael angel nagel eangl aengl enagl neagl anegl naegl leang elang laeng aleng ealng aelng lenag elnag lneag nleag enlag nelag laneg alneg lnaeg nlaeg anleg naleg eanlg aenlg enalg nealg anelg naelg

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word glean. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in glean.

Definitions and meaning of glean

glean

Etymology 1

From Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), from Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *glanos.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡliːn/
  • Hyphenation: glean
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Verb

glean (third-person singular simple present gleans, present participle gleaning, simple past and past participle gleaned)

  1. To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.
    Synonym: lease
  2. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
  3. (figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
    Synonym: learn
    • 8 December 2011, BBC News, Iran shows film of captured US drone, available in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562 :
      He said Iran was "well aware of what priceless technological information" could be gleaned from the aircraft.
  4. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
    Synonyms: wring, extract
Translations

Noun

glean (plural gleans)

  1. A collection made by gleaning.

Etymology 2

Noun

glean

  1. (obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth

References

  • “glean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “glean”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, lenga

Manx

Noun

glean m

  1. Eclipsed form of clean.

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