Yes, save is playable
...and is worth 8 points.
Found in the following dictionaries
Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Save" Definition
noun
Sports An act that prevents an opponent from scoring.
A play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning.
The action of a relief pitcher in baseball in successfully protecting a team's lead.
Official credit for a save.
An act of saving data to a storage location.
conjunction
Were it not; except: The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.
Except for the fact that .
preposition
With the exception of; except: "No man enjoys self-reproach save a masochist” ( Philip Wylie).
verb
To rescue or deliver from danger or harm.
To preserve or guard from injury, destruction, or loss.
To store (data) in a computer or on a storage device (as a floppy disk or CD).
To put aside as a store or reserve .
verb-transitive
Sports To prevent (a goal) from being scored by an opponent.
To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require: saved $25 at the sale; saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.
To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.
To keep in a safe condition; safeguard.
To make unnecessary; obviate: Your taking the trunk to the attic has saved me an extra trip.
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