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Yes, pierce is playable

...and is worth 12 points.

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"Pierce" Definition

verb-transitive

To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.
To make a hole or opening in; perforate.
To make a way through: The path pierced the wilderness.
To sound sharply through: His shout pierced the din.
To succeed in penetrating (something) with the eyes or the intellect: Large glowing yellow eyes pierced the darkness.

verb-intransitive

To penetrate into or through something: The rocket pierced through space.

verb

To force a way into or through something.
To penetrate with the eye or mind .
To penetrate so as to move or touch the emotions of.
To force or make a way into or through.
To run into or through as a pointed weapon does .

biographical name

Franklin 1804–1869 14th pres. of the United States (1853–57).

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