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Yes, subsist is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

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

"Subsist" Definition

verb-intransitive

To be logically conceivable.
To exist; be.
To maintain life; live: subsisted on one meal a day.
To remain or continue in existence.

verb-transitive

To maintain or support with provisions.

verb

To have existence .
To have or acquire the necessities of life (as food and clothing).
To nourish oneself .
To hold true.
To be logically conceivable as the subject of true statements.

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