Trust us. We've read many a Gossip Girl spoiler that made little or no sense at the time, or was at least subject to great interpretation. But here we're just plain baffled.

Michael Auseillo of Entertainment Weekly loves a good brain teaser. Asked if he had any scoop on Gossip Girl in his Q&A session this week, he responded only with this ...

Just this one: I**e*e*t **o*o*al.

Any of you sleuths able to piece something together out of that? Come on, we know you're up for it. Don't let us down! Go to work and comment below with theories!

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