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Yes, wire is playable

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"Wire" Definition

noun

A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
A telegram or cablegram.
A telegraph service.
A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
A wire service.

verb-intransitive

To send a telegram.

verb

To provide with wire use wire on for a specific purpose.
To send or send word to by telegraph.
To connect by or as if by a wire.
To predispose, determine, or establish genetically or innately.
To send a telegraphic message.

verb-transitive

Computer Science To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.
Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
To equip with a system of electrical wires.
To send a telegram to.

idiom

Down to the wire Informal To the very end, as in a race or contest.
Under the wire Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
Under the wire Sports At the finish line.

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