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Yes, quicksand is playable

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"Quicksand" Definition

noun

A bed of loose sand mixed with water forming a soft shifting mass that yields easily to pressure and tends to engulf any object resting on its surface.
A place or situation into which entry can be swift and sudden but from which extrication can be difficult or impossible. Often used in the plural: "This theory of the future entrapped [them] in the quicksands of Vietnam” ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
Sand readily yielding to pressure.
A deep mass of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects readily sink.
Something that entraps or frustrates .

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