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Yes, tack is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Tack" Definition

noun

A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal.
A large, loose stitch made as a temporary binding or as a marker.
A short, light nail with a sharp point and a flat head.
An approach, especially one of a series of changing approaches.
Food, especially coarse or inferior foodstuffs.

verb-transitive

Nautical To bring (a vessel) into the wind in order to change course or direction.
To add as an extra item; append: tacked two dollars onto the bill.
To fasten or attach with or as if with a tack: tacked the carpet down.
To fasten or mark (cloth or a seam, for example) with a loose basting stitch.
To put together loosely and arbitrarily: tacked some stories together in an attempt to write a novel.

verb-intransitive

Nautical To change tack: The ship tacked to starboard.
Nautical To change the direction or course of a vessel: Stand by to tack.

verb

To fasten or affix with .
To join in a slight or hasty manner.
To add as a supplement.
To add (a rider) to a parliamentary bill.
To change the direction of (a sailing ship) when sailing close-hauled by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before.

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