Yes, release is playable
...and is worth 8 points.
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"Release" Definition
noun
A deliverance or liberation, as from confinement, restraint, or suffering.
A device or catch for locking or releasing a mechanism.
An authoritative discharge, as from an obligation or from prison.
An unfastening or letting go of something caught or held fast.
Law Relinquishment to another of a right, title, or claim.
verb-transitive
To dismiss, as from a job.
To free from something that binds, fastens, or holds back; let go: released the balloons; released a flood of questions.
To issue for performance, sale, publication, or distribution.
To make known or available.
To relieve of care and suffering.
verb
To move from one's normal position (as in football or basketball) in order to assume another position or to perform a second assignment.
To make available to the public .
To give up in favor of another .
To give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of.
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