Thanks for the replies, and I'll add 28 O's to the puzzle at the request of Randi:

-- -it-atio- i- a -o-e-- o-e. -i-e i- o--e-e- to -e o- -o--itio- o- eati-- -ee--tea--. --t -eat- i- -ette- t-a- -a--i-a-i--. -- -i-- -o-tai-- -i-e-tio-- -o- -- ---e-a-, --i-- -i-- -e -o--o-e- -ot -- -o---i-- -oa--e-, --t -- o-e-, --ee-, --o--- o- -o--t--, a-- a --a-- t-a-e-i-- a--a-i-- o- -i-e -i--, a-- -ea-i-- --ite --a--- i- -o-o- o- t-e -a- --o -e-i--e- -at-e- t-a- eat -i- -e--o- --eat--e-.

~-eo--e -e--a-- --a-

Letters to Guess:

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AmberLee 36 E's + 23 T's = 95 Points

The_Duck 27 A's = 54 Points

Karen 27 I's = 54 Points

Randi 28 O's = 56 Points