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Yes, painstaking is playable

...and is worth 22 points.

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"Painstaking" Definition

noun

Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.
The action of taking diligent care and effort.

adjective

Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous.
Taking expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort.

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