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Yes, absorb is playable

...and is worth 12 points.

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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Absorb" Definition

verb-transitive

To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).
To learn; acquire: "Matisse absorbed the lesson and added to it a new language of color” ( Peter Plagen).
To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross. See Synonyms at monopolize.
To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil: a fabric that absorbs sound; a bumper that absorbs impact.
To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.

verb

To take in and make part of an existent whole .
To suck up or take up .
To take in .
To engage or engross wholly .
To receive without recoil or echo .

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