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Yes, semaphore is playable

...and is worth 17 points.

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"Semaphore" Definition

noun

A visual signaling apparatus with flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, as one used on a railroad.
An apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms).
A system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand.

verb-transitive

To send (a message) or to signal by semaphore.

verb

To convey (information) by or as if by semaphore.
To send signals by or as if by semaphore.

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