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Yes, cradle is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Cradle" Definition

noun

A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
A framework used to protect an injured limb.
A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.

verb-intransitive

Obsolete To lie in or as if in a cradle.

verb-transitive

To care for or nurture in infancy.
To hold or support protectively: cradled the cat in his arms.
To place or retain in or as if in a cradle.
To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.
To reap (grain) with a cradle.

verb

To place or keep in or as if in a cradle.
To support protectively or intimately .
To cut (grain) with a cradle scythe.
To place, raise, support, or transport on a cradle.
To rest in or as if in a cradle.

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