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Yes, dismal is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Dismal" Definition

noun

Chiefly South Atlantic U.S. See pocosin. See Regional Note at pocosin.

adjective

Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
Showing or causing gloom or depression.
Lacking merit particularly bad .

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