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Yes, flail is playable

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"Flail" Definition

noun

A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
A hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely.
A threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.

verb-transitive

To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins.
To thresh using a flail.
To wave or swing vigorously; thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention.

verb-intransitive

To move vigorously or erratically; thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water.
To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
To thresh grain.

verb

To strike with or as if with a flail .
To move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail .
To thresh (grain) with a flail.
To move, swing, or beat like a flail.
Wave or swing wildly.

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