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Yes, spear is playable

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"Spear" Definition

noun

A shaft with a sharp point and barbs for spearing fish.
A slender stalk, as of asparagus.
A soldier armed with a spear.
A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharply pointed end.
A thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade.

verb-transitive

Football To block (an opponent) by ramming with the helmet, in violation of the rules.
Sports To jab (an opponent) with the blade of a hockey stick, in violation of the rules.
To catch with a thrust of the arm: spear a football.
To pierce with or as if with a spear.

verb-intransitive

To sprout like a spear.
To stab at something with or as if with a spear.

verb

To pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear.
To catch (as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm.
To thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear.
To thrust a spear upward.

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