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Yes, fret is playable

...and is worth 7 points.

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"Fret" Definition

noun

A headdress, worn by women of the Middle Ages, consisting of interlaced wire.
A hole or worn spot made by abrasion or erosion.
An ornamental design consisting of repeated and symmetrical geometric figures, often in relief, contained within a band or border. Also called key pattern.
Irritation of mind; agitation.
One of several ridges set across the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar.

verb-intransitive

To be vexed or troubled; worry. See Synonyms at brood.
To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
To gnaw with the teeth in the manner of a rodent.
To move agitatedly.

verb-transitive

To cause to be uneasy; vex: "fret thy soul with crosses and with cares” ( Edmund Spenser).
To disturb the surface of (water or a stream); agitate.
To form (a passage or channel) by erosion.
To gnaw or wear away; erode.
To press (the strings of an instrument) against the frets.

verb

To eat or gnaw into .
To make by wearing away a substance .
To cause to suffer emotional strain .
To pass (as time) in .
To eat into something.

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