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Yes, latent is playable

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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Latent" Definition

noun

A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification.
A fingerprint (as at the scene of a crime) that is scarcely visible but can be for study .

adjective

Biology Undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions: a latent bud.
Pathology In a dormant or hidden stage: a latent infection.
Present or potential but not evident or active: latent talent.
Psychology Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.
Present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or .

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