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Yes, ballast is playable

...and is worth 12 points.

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"Ballast" Definition

noun

Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.
Something that gives stability, especially in character.
The gravel ingredient of concrete.
A heavy substance placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a or submarine).

verb-transitive

To fill (a railroad bed) with or as if with ballast.
To stabilize or provide with ballast.

verb

To steady or equip with or as if with ballast.
To fill in (as a railroad bed) with ballast.

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