Yes, pay is playable
...and is worth 8 points.
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"Pay" Definition
noun
A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
Paid employment: the workers in our pay.
Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.
Retribution or punishment.
adjective
Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.
Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.
Containing or leading to something precious or valuable.
Equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use .
phrasal-verb
Pay off Informal To bribe.
Pay off Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
Pay off To effect profit: a bet that paid off poorly.
Pay off To get revenge for or on; requite.
Pay off To pay the full amount on (a debt).
idiom
Pay the piper To bear the consequences of something.
Pay through the nose Informal To pay excessively.
verb-transitive
To afford an advantage to; profit: It paid us to be generous.
To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense: She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation): paying taxes; paid the bill.
To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
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