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Yes, knife is playable

...and is worth 13 points.

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"Knife" Definition

noun

A cutting edge; a blade.
A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle.
A weapon resembling a knife.
A sharp cutting blade or tool in a machine.

verb-transitive

Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.
To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.

verb-intransitive

To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.

idiom

Under the knife Informal Undergoing surgery.

verb

To use a knife on.
To stab, slash, or wound with a knife.
To cut, mark, or spread with a knife.
To try to defeat by underhanded means.
To move like a knife in .

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