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Yes, pay is playable

...and is worth 8 points.

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"Pay" Definition

noun

A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
Paid employment: the workers in our pay.
Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.
Retribution or punishment.

verb-transitive

To afford an advantage to; profit: It paid us to be generous.
To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense: She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation): paying taxes; paid the bill.
To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.

verb-intransitive

To discharge a debt or obligation.
To give money in exchange for goods or services.

verb

To coat with a waterproof composition.
To be worth the expense or effort .
To suffer the consequences of an act.
To requite according to what is deserved .
To give, offer, or make freely or as fitting .

adjective

Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.
Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.
Containing or leading to something precious or valuable.
Equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use .

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