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Yes, goad is playable

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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Goad" Definition

noun

A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
Something that pains as if by pricking .
Something that urges or stimulates into action .
A pointed rod used to urge on an animal.

verb-transitive

To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.

verb

To incite or rouse as if with a goad.
To drive (as cattle) with a goad.

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