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Yes, block is playable

...and is worth 16 points.

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"Block" Definition

noun

A blockhead.
A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
A length of railroad track controlled by signals.

phrasal-verb

Block out To cover over so as to be illegible: block out sensitive information from a document before releasing it.
Block out To repress (a traumatic event, for example) from conscious memory.

idiom

Go on the block To be offered for sale.
Out of the blocks From a starting position, as in a race or contest: The company has in the past been slow out of the blocks to adapt to consumer tastes.
Put on the block To offer for sale.

verb-transitive

Medicine To interrupt or obstruct the proper functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs.
Psychology To fail to remember.
Sports To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.
To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch. Often used with out: block out a plan of action; block out stage movements.
To run (trains) on a block system.

verb-intransitive

Sports To obstruct the movement of an opponent.
To suffer a mental block. Often used with on: I blocked on his name.

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