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Yes, subtend is playable

...and is worth 13 points.

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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Subtend" Definition

verb-transitive

Mathematics To be opposite to and delimit: The side of a triangle subtends the opposite angle.
To underlie so as to enclose or surround: flowers subtended by leafy bracts.

verb

To be opposite to and extend from one side to the other of .
To fix the angular extent of with respect to a fixed point or object taken as the vertex .
To determine the measure of by marking off the endpoints of .
To underlie so as to include.
To occupy an adjacent and usually lower position to and often so as to embrace or enclose .

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