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Yes, lurch is playable

...and is worth 12 points.

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"Lurch" Definition

noun

A staggering or tottering movement or gait.
An abrupt rolling or pitching.
A decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player's score especially in cribbage.
A sudden roll of a ship to one side.
An abrupt jerking, swaying, or tipping movement .

idiom

In the lurch In a difficult or embarrassing position.

verb-intransitive

To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. The car gave a start and then lurched forward.
To stagger. See Synonyms at blunder.

verb

To loiter about a place furtively .
To leave in the lurch.
To defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage).
To roll or tip abruptly .
To move with a lurch .

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