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Yes, veer is playable

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"Veer" Definition

noun

A change in direction; a swerve.
A change in course or direction .

verb-transitive

Nautical To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.
Nautical To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).
To alter the direction of; turn: veered the car sharply to the left.

verb-intransitive

Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.
To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.
To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve: "a sequence of adventures that veered between tragedy and bleak farce” ( Anthony Haden-Guest). See Synonyms at swerve.

verb

To let out (as a rope).
To change direction or course .
To shift in a clockwise direction .
To change course by turning the stern to the wind.
To direct to a different course.

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