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Yes, grave is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Grave" Definition

noun

A place of burial.
An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.
Linguistics A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.
An excavation for burial of a body.

adjective

Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.
Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.
Linguistics Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.
Linguistics Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.
Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.

adverb

Music In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

verb-transitive

To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.
To sculpt or carve; engrave.
To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

verb

To carve or shape with a chisel.
To carve or cut (as letters or figures) into a hard surface.
To impress or fix (as a thought) deeply.
To clean and pay with pitch.

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