Here is the puzzle:
"The thirteen~lined ground squirrel’s “stars~and~stripes” pattern accounts for its alternate name: the federation squirrel.

Reader’s Digest: Nature in America"


letters left to guess:

B J V X Y Z

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Fuzzy317 E (19), O (4), H (3), I (10), N (11), D (6) = 86 points

SaraLuvsHerTinky S (11), T (15) = 26 points

PopcornBird A (12), R (15), L (4), G (2), P (2) = 47 points

DeliDog U (5), W (0) = 10 points

Ann M (2), C (3) = 5 points

MomOfFuzzyFaces Q (2) = 2 points

PerfectLittleAngel K (0) = 0 points

Mel55smiles F (2) = 2 points


Note:
1) Now what?? The puzzle is solved but we have no guessers?

2) once again I've picked a quote that uses hyphens. [I swear I do NOT specifically look for them...] As my computer works best using hyphens for letter-substitutes, I've replaced the REAL hyphens with the symbol '~'.