Yes, appear is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

2. Come into sight or view

3. Be issued or published

4. Seem to be true, probable, or apparent

5. Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene

6. Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.

7. Present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority