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Yes, need is playable

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

"Need" Definition

noun

A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.
A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted: crops in need of water; a need for affection.
Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.
A requirement for something.
Source: Wiktionary
Something required.
Source: Wiktionary

verb-intransitive

To be in need or want.
To be necessary.
To be wanted; to be necessary.

auxiliary-verb

To be under the necessity of or the obligation to: They need not come.

verb-transitive

To have need of; require: The family needs money. See Synonyms at lack.
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

verb

To be necessary (to someone).
Source: Wiktionary
To have an absolute requirement for.
Source: Wiktionary
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
Source: Wiktionary
To be obliged or required (to do something).
Source: Wiktionary
Have need of.
Source: Wordnet

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