And Max scores !!!!!Yes, the correct answer was No. 10.

1. the act of transvestitism; cross-dressing Flatlander 5 points

2. Most Scottish Lairds used men as their servants on sporting trips - Ghyllies (Gaellic for servant) but a very small number used both men and women in this job. Such a system was known as a "Gylany" (or "ghyllany") RhubarbCommando 1 point

3. an act of treachery; a trick or subterfuge Caradea/tsuwm 4 points (tsuwm's vote for himself doesn't count)

4. the smallest unit of Rumanian currency; now virt. obs paulb 0 points

5.An adjective to describe a gentle, caressing gesture similar to the tender touch a mother gives her newborn infant. wordcrazy 0 points

6. wary, suspicious, particularly of somebody's real intentions or motives. rodward 0 points

7. An ankle chain or shackle typically used to fetter elephants Brandon 2 points

8.The interaction of the laws of balance and suspension that keep tight-rope walkers from falling (for instance).
Whitman O'Neill 0 points

9.The urge to rearrange furniture. squid 0 points

10. A society in which the sexes are of equal status, neither a patriarchy nor a matriarchy. the correct answer 2 points each to wordcrazy, Max Quordlepleen, RhubarbCommando, Marianna, and Rodward who supplied his answer by private message.

11. Pronounced gi LAH nee. Used for an item whose real name has been temporarily forgotten, a thingy, whatsit. Bingley 0 points

tswum 26+4=30
squid 24+0=24
Bingley 24+0=24
Flatlander 14+5=19
wordcrazy 16+2=18
maverick 17+0=17
Jazzoctopus 17+0=17
Sparteye 16+0=16
paulb 15+0=15
Hyla 15+0=15
rodward 12+2=14
caradea 10+4=14 +1 = 15
Geoff 13+0=13
WhitmanO'Neill 12+0=12
jimthedog 10+0=10
Bobyoungbalt 9+0=9
Rapunzel 9+0=9
Brandon 7+2=9
Marianna 6+2=8 -1 = 7
fiberbabe 8+0=8
RhubarbCommando 4+3=7
Avy 3+0=3
wwh 3+0=3
MaxQuordlepleen 1+2=3 -1 = 2
VernonCompton 2+0=2
Faldage 2+0=2
Jackie 2+0=2
frmPennsylvania 1+0=1
nuntius 1+0=1
AlexWilliams 1+0=1
freckled_snout 1+0=1
consuelo 0+0=1
Juanmaria 0.5+0=0.5


Bingley

Wait a sec. I thought it was only one point if you didn't submit a definition . . .

and surely tsuwm's naughty vote should count for caradea's score?!

>surely tsuwm's naughty vote should count for caradea's score?!

oh, I'd agree had I voted for *her definition!

One of these days I'll get the hang of this game. [sigh]

Bingley

Heeey! Where'd my point go?

When I played this game on paper, the standard score was 1 point. One point for every vote your definition got, one point if you guessed the correct definition. If you voted for your own definition, that didn't count for a point, but you could do it to induce others to vote for it. Maybe it wasn't the fairest way to do it, we never worked out all the ins and outs of this system, but it sure was simple.