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Yes, tinderbox is playable

...and is worth 21 points.

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"Tinderbox" Definition

noun

A metal box for holding tinder.
A potentially explosive place or situation: referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.
A metal box for holding and usually a flint and steel for striking a spark.
A highly inflammable object or place.
A potentially explosive place or situation.

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