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Yes, shambles is playable

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"Shambles" Definition

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

A meat market.
A place of mass slaughter or bloodshed .
A scene or a state of great destruction .
A scene or a state of great disorder or confusion .
Great confusion .

noun-plural

A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.
A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles” ( W. Bruce Lincoln).
A scene or condition of great devastation.
A slaughterhouse.
Archaic A meat market or butcher shop.

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