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Yes, crab is playable

...and is worth 10 points.

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"Crab" Definition

noun

A crab apple tree or its fruit.
A crab louse.
A horseshoe crab.
A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights.
A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person.

idiom

Catch a crab To make a faulty stroke in rowing that causes the blade of the oar to strike the water on the recovery stroke.

verb-transitive

Informal To find fault with; complain about.
Informal To interfere with and ruin; spoil.
To cause to move or scurry sideways.
To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift.
To make ill-tempered or sullen.

verb-intransitive

Informal To find fault; criticize someone or something.
To direct an aircraft into a crosswind.
To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow.
To hunt or catch crabs.
To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab.

verb

To fish for.
To move sideways indirectly or diagonally.
To crab an airplane.
To scuttle or scurry sideways.
To cause to move sideways or in an indirect or diagonal manner.

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