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Yes, shimmy is playable

...and is worth 16 points.

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"Shimmy" Definition

noun

A chemise.
A dance popular in the 1920s, characterized by rapid shaking of the body.
Abnormal vibration or wobbling, as of the wheels of an automobile.
A jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down.
An abnormal vibration especially in the front wheels of a motor vehicle.

verb-intransitive

To shake the body in or as if in dancing the shimmy.
To vibrate or wobble abnormally.

verb

To vibrate abnormally .
To shake, quiver, or tremble in or as if in dancing a shimmy.

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