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Yes, sting is playable

...and is worth 8 points.

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"Sting" Definition

noun

A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur: the sting of curiosity.
A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
A stinging power, quality, or capacity.
Slang A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care, especially an operation organized and implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
The act of stinging.

verb-transitive

Slang To cheat or overcharge.
To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain by or as if by pricking with a sharp point: smoke stinging our eyes.
To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings: Those harsh words stung me bitterly.
To pierce or wound painfully with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
To spur on by or as if by sharp irritation.

verb-intransitive

To cause or feel a sharp, smarting pain.
To have, use, or wound with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.

verb

To cause such pain.
To feel a keen burning pain or smart.
To wound one with or as if with a sting.
To cause to suffer acutely .
To affect with sharp quick pain or smart .

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