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Yes, writhe is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

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

"Writhe" Definition

noun

The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion.

verb-transitive

To cause to twist or squirm; contort.

verb-intransitive

To move with a twisting or contorted motion.
To suffer acutely.
To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.

verb

To twist into coils or folds.
To twist so as to distort.
To twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain.
To move or proceed with twists and turns.
To twist from or as if from pain or struggling.

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