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Current Scores:
Zoomreddin: 16
shpeters: 21

Round 1: Letters Round
Zoomreddin, please choose how many vowels to include in the set of nine letters.

Three. :3

Letters:
OTEITJRMW
Both players have 24 hours to make a word. Get in first to get the best word!
Do NOT edit your post or you will forfeit the round.

Does it have to be a real word or can I do something that Wikipedia has an entry for?

Never mind, I found one that's in the dictionary.

Jitter.

Proper nouns aren't allowed.
Jitter is locked in. Zoomreddin has just under 23 hours to find a longer word.

I was going to use the same word ;_; Now I have to find a longer one.

Oops, I edited my post. Anyway, I forfeit.

Jitter is verified.
Noun
1. jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the  ): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
2. fluctuations in the image on a television screen or in copy received by facsimile transmission, caused by interference or by momentary failures of synchronization.
verb (used without object)
3. to behave nervously.
shpeters earns 6 points.

Round 2 - Letters Round
shpeters, please choose how many vowels to include.

Nouns?

That was just the definition of 'jitter'.

Shouldn't I be choosing letters, not nouns?

Oh, that was a mistake. I meant vowels.

Hmm. I could win or at least tie with 9...

How about 4.

The selection is OSBNEUUGM. Good luck!

Bones.

Bones is locked in.

Gnomes.

Well done!
You now have 6 points.

Round Three - Numbers Round
Zoomreddin, please select 0-4 large numbers out of six.

Hmm, uhm...three!

Numbers: 75 100 25 5 2 3
Target: 678.
You have 24 hours to post an answer as close as you can.

(((3 - 2) + 5) * 100) + 75

675 is locked in, Zoomreddin, you need to get within 2 of the target. Get as close as possible for more points!

(5*100)+(75*2)+25+3

Zoomreddin earns 10 points!
shpeters, please select how many vowels in the next letters game.

4