flubbucket: However looking for town tells is also a powerful tool to use to scum hunt.
While I agree in general, I don't think this 'tell' is quite up to snuff.
We have 4 reasonable scenarios:
1) Bookwyrm627 is town, and used a word from his PM. Only pro-town players noticed the word (from their PM, or common sense).
2) Bookwyrm627 is town, and used a word from his PM. Anyone could have noticed the word (from their PM, or common sense).
3) Bookwyrm627 is scum, and used a word from his PM. Only pro-town players noticed the word (from their PM, or common sense).
4) Bookwyrm627 is scum, and used a word from his PM. Anyone could have noticed the word (from their PM, or common sense).
I don't think it could be either 1) or 3), because I think it was too obvious to be missed. The word was in the very first post of the game, in it's own sentence apart from the rest, and the post was very short.
That leaves 2) and 4), which I think are equally likely, all else equal. However, from the rest of his posting, I have Bookwyrm627 as leaning town.