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Yes, catch is playable

...and is worth 13 points.

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"Catch" Definition

noun

A choking or stoppage of the breath or voice.
A quantity that is caught: The catch amounted to 50 fish.
A snatch; a fragment.
A stop or break in the operation of a mechanism.
A tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback: It sounds like a good offer, but there may be a catch.

verb-intransitive

Baseball To act as catcher.
To act or move so as to hold or grab someone or something: tried to catch at the life preserver.
To be communicable or infectious; spread.
To become held, entangled, or fastened: My coat caught in the car door.
To ignite: The fire caught.

idiom

Catch fire To become the subject of great interest and widespread enthusiasm: an idea that caught fire all over the country.
Catch fire To become very enthusiastic.
Catch fire To ignite.
Catch it Informal To receive a punishment or scolding.
Catch up with To find or arrest after a period of pursuit: The police finally caught up with him in Omaha.

phrasal-verb

Catch on To become popular: Skateboarding caught on quickly.
Catch on To understand; perceive.
Catch out To detect (another) in wrongdoing or error.
Catch up To become equal or on a par with another: finally caught up with his brother in height.
Catch up To bring (another) up to date; brief: Let me catch you up on all the gossip.

verb-transitive

Informal To go to see (a performance, for example): caught the midnight show.
To apprehend and reproduce accurately by or as if by artistic means: an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
To become affected by or infused with: caught the joyous mood of the festival.
To become cognizant or aware of suddenly: caught her gazing out the window.
To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen: catch a cold.

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