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Yes, pretend is playable

...and is worth 12 points.

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"Pretend" Definition

adjective

Informal Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls.
Not genuine.
Being a nonfunctional imitation.

verb-intransitive

To feign an action or character, as in play.
To make pretensions: pretends to gourmet tastes.
To put forward a claim.

verb-transitive

To give a false appearance of; feign: "You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism” ( Anthony Burgess).
To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.
To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

verb

To give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing.
To make believe.
To claim, represent, or assert falsely.
To feign an action, part, or role especially in play.
To put in a claim.

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