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Yes, stern is playable

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"Stern" Definition

noun

A rear part or section.
Nautical The rear part of a ship or boat.
The rear end of a boat.
A hinder or rear part the last or latter part.

adjective

Firm or unyielding; uncompromising.
Grim, gloomy, or forbidding in appearance or outlook.
Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character: a stern disciplinarian. See Synonyms at severe.
Inexorable; relentless: stern necessity.
Having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner .

biographical name

Isaac 1920–2001 Am. (Russ.-born) violinist.
Otto 1888–1969 Am. (Ger.-born) physicist.

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