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Yes, alight is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Alight" Definition

adjective

Burning; lighted: The discarded match was still alight.
Illuminated: The sky was alight with millions of stars.
Being on fire.
Lighted up.

verb-intransitive

To come by chance: alight on a happy solution.
To come down and settle, as after flight: a sparrow alighting on a branch.
To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage.

verb

to come down from something (as a vehicle) as.
To descend from or as if from the air and come to rest.
To come by chance.

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