GLEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GLEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLEAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLEAN is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gleansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLEAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about GLEAN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GLEAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To gather grain or other produce left behind by reapers after a harvest, or more broadly, to collect information or material gradually and in small amounts.
Farmers once allowed poor villagers to glean the fields after the main harvest, picking up stray stalks of wheat or barley that the reapers had missed. The word later broadened well beyond agriculture, so that a researcher can glean facts from old letters or a journalist can glean details from scattered interviews. What ties both senses together is the idea of collecting something valuable a little at a time, rather than receiving it all at once. Because of this, glean often implies patience and careful attention rather than quick or easy gathering.
How GLEAN is used
Common in both agricultural writing and general prose about gathering information, often followed by from.
- The children used to glean leftover corn from the field after the harvest.
- She was able to glean a few useful facts from the old diary.
- Historians glean details about daily life from tax records and letters.
- He gleaned enough clues from the conversation to guess her plan.
- Volunteers still glean unharvested vegetables from farms to give to food banks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLEAN
The 5 tiles of GLEAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GLEAN
7 longer words begin with GLEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEAN
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Common questions about GLEAN
- Is GLEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLEAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLEAN worth?
- GLEAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEAN mean?
- To gather grain or other produce left behind by reapers after a harvest, or more broadly, to collect information or material gradually and in small amounts.
- What letters can be added to GLEAN?
- GLEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLEAN:
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