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Yes, foul is playable

...and is worth 9 points.

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"Foul" Definition

noun

An entanglement or a collision.
An instance of clogging or obstructing.
Baseball A foul ball.
Sports An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.
Something foul.

adjective

Archaic Ugly; unattractive.
Bad or unfavorable: in fair weather or foul.
Baseball Outside the foul lines: a foul fly ball.
Clogged or obstructed; blocked: a foul ventilator shaft.
Entangled or twisted: a foul anchor.

verb-transitive

Baseball To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.
Sports To commit a foul against.
To bring into dishonor; besmirch.
To clog or obstruct.
To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).

verb-intransitive

Baseball To hit a ball outside the foul lines: fouled twice and then struck out; fouled out to the catcher.
Sports To commit a foul.
To become clogged or obstructed.
To become entangled or twisted: The anchor line fouled on a rock.
To become foul.

phrasal-verb

Foul out Sports To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.
Foul up To blunder or cause to blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment.

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