It's a word used in a card game I play, so, like others in this challenge, I took a risk, and played out the game. Going for the obvious, such as "atmosphere" would end up screwing over myself or my teammate, so far as I can tell, so it makes more sense to take a chance, and simultaneously expedite the game. I greatly resent allegations of cheating, however. Whether you were speaking of this game or any of the five other rounds running, I'm not sure, but this community (Mish-Mash itself), is, for the most part, wholly built on the honor system. To cheat on something like this not only would undermine the nature of the community itself, but it appears as though it would have few returns, if any, for the people cheating. To suggest that there's a systemic problem with cheating, and, simultaneously, that it's manifesting itself solely in this challenge, is foolhardy and misinformed at best, and at worst appears whiny and entitled.
As far as communication and the like goes, as someone who has run this challenge a few times, both here, and in other locations, allowing communication between team members regarding the challenge (or even between non-team members!) just doesn't work. it leads to a dull repetitious game that lacks any semblance of what makes a game dynamic. This format is incredibly varied, especially with some of the amendments to the rules that Xof and CC have made, and I commend them for their work in making this (among many other) challenge(s) both palatable to non-MM players and retaining the levels of difficulty and dynamicity that define what makes these games fun in the first place.