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Yes, write is playable

...and is worth 8 points.

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"Write" Definition

phrasal-verb

Write down To disparage in writing.
Write down To reduce in rank, value, or price.
Write down To set down in writing.
Write down To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style: felt he had to write down to his students.
Write in To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).

verb

To form (as characters or symbols) on a surface with an instrument (as a pen).
To form (as words) by inscribing the characters or symbols of on a surface.
To spell in.
To cover, fill, or fill in by writing.
to set down in writing as.

verb-transitive

Computer Science To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.
To communicate by correspondence: wrote that she was planning to visit.
To compose and set down, especially in literary or musical form: write a poem; write a prelude.
To draw up in legal form; draft: write a will.
To fill in or cover with writing: write a check; wrote five pages in an hour.

verb-intransitive

To compose a letter; communicate by mail.
To produce written material, such as articles or books.
To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface.

idiom

Writ large Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large” ( George Eliot).

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