Yes, if the root zone (".") published a CNAME or A record. You can simulate this yourself by setting your resolver as the master for "." and giving it an A record. Note that most webservers will barf if you try to send "." in the Host header unless you explicitly configured it.

    # cat named.conf.local
    zone "." {
     type master;
     file "/etc/bind/db.root";
    };

    # cat db.root 
    $TTL 60
    @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
             1  ; Serial
        604800  ; Refresh
         86400  ; Retry
       2419200  ; Expire
        604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
    ;
    @ IN NS .
    @ IN A 209.216.230.240

    # dig a .
    ...
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;.    IN A
    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    .   60 IN A 209.216.230.240

    # wget http://./ 
    --2020-08-17 09:38:26--  http://./
    Resolving . (.)... 209.216.230.240
    Connecting to . (.)|209.216.230.240|:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 400 Bad Request
    2020-08-17 09:38:26 ERROR 400: Bad Request.