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Yes, glean is playable

...and is worth 9 points.

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"Glean" Definition

verb-transitive

To collect bit by bit: "records from which historians glean their knowledge” ( Kemp Malone). See Synonyms at reap.
To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.

verb-intransitive

To gather grain left behind by reapers.

verb

To gather grain or other produce left by reapers.
To gather information or material bit by bit.
To pick up after a reaper.
To strip (as a field) of the leavings of reapers.
To gather (as information) bit by bit.

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