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Yes, shelve is playable

...and is worth 13 points.

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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Shelve" Definition

verb-transitive

To cause to retire from service; dismiss.
To furnish or outfit with shelves.
To place or arrange on a shelf.
To put away as though on a shelf; put aside: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question” ( Kingsley Amis). See Synonyms at defer1.

verb-intransitive

To slope gradually; incline.

verb

To furnish with.
To place on a.
To remove from active service.
To put off or aside.
To slope in a formation like a shelf.

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