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Yes, hanging is playable

...and is worth 15 points.

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"Hanging" Definition

noun

A descending slope or an inclination.
Execution on a gallows.
Something, such as a tapestry, that is hung.
An execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose.
something hung as.

adjective

Deserving death by hanging: a hanging crime.
Disposed to inflict severe sentences, such as death by hanging: a hanging judge.
Projecting downward; overhanging.
Situated on a sharp declivity.
Suited for holding something that hangs.

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