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Yes, pluck is playable

...and is worth 17 points.

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"Pluck" Definition

noun

Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.
The act or an instance of plucking.
The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.
An act or instance of or pulling.
The heart, liver, lungs, and trachea of a slaughtered animal especially as an item of food.

verb-transitive

Music To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum.
To give an abrupt pull to; tug at: pluck a sleeve.
To pull out the hair or feathers of: pluck a chicken.
To remove abruptly or forcibly: plucked the child from school in midterm.
To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken.

verb-intransitive

To give an abrupt pull; tug.

verb

To pull or pick off or out.
To remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by .
To move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly .
To pick, pull, or grasp at.
To play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick.

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