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Yes, explain is playable

...and is worth 19 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Explain" Definition

phrasal-verb

Explain away To dismiss or get rid of by or as if by explaining.
Explain away To minimize by explanation.

verb-transitive

To define; expound: We explained our plan to the committee.
To make plain or comprehensible.
To offer reasons for or a cause of; justify: explain an error.
To offer reasons for the actions, beliefs, or remarks of (oneself).

verb-intransitive

To make something plain or comprehensible: Let me explain.

verb

To make known .
To make plain or understandable .
To give the reason for or cause of .
To show the logical development or relationships of .
To make something plain or understandable .

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