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Yes, whittle is playable

...and is worth 13 points.

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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Whittle" Definition

noun

A large knife.

verb-intransitive

To cut or shape wood with a knife.

verb-transitive

To cut small bits or pare shavings from (a piece of wood).
To fashion or shape in this way: whittle a toy boat.
To reduce or eliminate gradually, as if by whittling with a knife: whittled down the debt by making small payments.

verb

To pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife.
To shape or form by so paring or cutting.
To reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits with a knife.
To cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with a knife.
To wear oneself or another out with fretting.

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