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Yes, race is playable

...and is worth 7 points.

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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Race" Definition

noun

A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.
A genealogical line; a lineage.
A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.
A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.
A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.

verb-transitive

Sports To cause to compete in a race: She races horses for a living.
Sports To compete against in a race.
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.

verb-intransitive

Sports To compete in a contest of speed.
To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.
To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel: adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.

verb

To compete in a race.
To go, move, or function at top speed or out of control.
To revolve too fast under a diminished load.
To engage in a race with.
To enter in a race.

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