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Yes, wide is playable

...and is worth 8 points.

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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Wide" Definition

adjective

Baseball Outside.
Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.
Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.
Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.
Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.

adverb

Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.
Sports Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.
To the full extent; completely.
To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
Over a great distance or extent.

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