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Yes, shell is playable

...and is worth 9 points.

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"Shell" Definition

noun

A framework or exterior, as of a building.
A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.
A similar outer covering on an egg, fruit, or nut.
A small glass for beer.
A thin layer of pastry.

verb-transitive

Baseball To hit the pitches of (a pitcher) hard and with regularity: shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.
To defeat decisively.
To fire shells at; bombard.
To remove from a shell: shell peas.
To remove the shell of; shuck: shell oysters.

phrasal-verb

Shell out Informal To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs.

verb-intransitive

To look for or collect shells, as on a seashore: spent the day shelling on Cape Cod.
To shed or become free of a shell.

verb

To take out of a natural enclosing cover (as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule) .
To separate the kernels of (as an ear of Indian corn, wheat, or oats) from the cob, ear, or husk.
To throw at, upon, or into .
To score heavily against (as an opposing pitcher in baseball).
To fall or scale off in thin pieces.

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