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By A Vowel is a word jumble game. Each of the five words must be unjumbled — but each is missing one vowel. One word is missing an A, one is missing an E, one an I, one an O, and one a U.

Your task is to figure out each word, adding one vowel to each — but you can only add each vowel once.

Words may contain more than one vowel, but each is only missing one vowel.

There will always be a unifying theme behind the core words, ranging from subtle to not-so-subtle.

Words will turn green and "lock" if they are the correct core words. Words that turn blue are valid words that could work, but that aren't part of the puzzle's solution. Words in red aren't valid words. And words bordered in red indicate a vowel you used that you already used in a locked/correct green word. It sounds like a lot, but it's less confusing as you play.

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By A Vowel #101 Leaderboards
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Rank Who Time
Mystery Thinker
2. avidbeader 16 seconds
3. sem 17 seconds
Hidden Solver
5. dmoren 19 seconds
6. steev 19 seconds
2 Unidentified Solvers
9. Frankybeenz 22 seconds
10. rebecca 22 seconds
6 Unsubscribed Riddlers
17. mccllstr 27 seconds
18. TRezendes 👑 27 seconds
19. mikerastiello 27 seconds
20. belehaa 27 seconds
21. undercarbonated 28 seconds
22. otter 28 seconds
2 Non-Member Competitors
25. eiskrap 29 seconds
6 Non-Member Adventurers
32. kim 33 seconds
Stealth Gamer
34. PhilStollery 35 seconds
35. grammus 35 seconds
3 Mystery Puzzlers
39. Quam 37 seconds
4 Mystery Puzzlers
44. TX101010 39 seconds
4 Stealth Strategists
49. scottaw 41 seconds
Non-Member Enthusiast
51. Pdkoenig 42 seconds
7 Incognito Riddlers
59. ACM 46 seconds
Non-Paying Puzzler
61. elkgirl 47 seconds
62. teisam 47 seconds
5 Unknown Enthusiasts
68. Dan 48 seconds
13 Anonymous Players
82. JeremyK 53 seconds
83. wixardy 53 seconds
84. trewin 53 seconds
3 Unidentified Strategists
88. Dr. Ferrous 54 seconds
89. merlinthp 54 seconds
90. leoncowle 54 seconds
Visiting Thinker
92. Swifty 56 seconds
8 Incognito Enthusiasts
101. laurengsnell 1 minute, 0 seconds
5 Undisclosed Riddlers
107. eltsac 1 minute, 1 second
Mysterious Challenger
109. Andrew Kemp 1 minute, 3 seconds
110. Amj501 1 minute, 4 seconds
111. marshally 1 minute, 4 seconds
4 Secret Explorers
116. tbridge 1 minute, 7 seconds
Mysterious Strategist
118. mclazarus 1 minute, 8 seconds
119. Peter 1 minute, 8 seconds
120. bumblefett 1 minute, 8 seconds
Hidden Solver
122. d0mth0ma5 1 minute, 9 seconds
4 Unregistered Puzzlers
127. natebeaty 1 minute, 12 seconds
Hidden Player
129. Marcintosh 1 minute, 14 seconds
4 Unregistered Enthusiasts
134. Ianc 1 minute, 18 seconds
4 Shadow Puzzlers
139. sepcot 1 minute, 23 seconds
140. jazzy 1 minute, 24 seconds
141. helbonikster 1 minute, 25 seconds
Non-Paying Riddler
143. joekissell 1 minute, 26 seconds
144. bfordham 1 minute, 27 seconds
145. glucas 1 minute, 28 seconds
146. agiletortoise 1 minute, 29 seconds
3 Undisclosed Strategists
150. eczarny 1 minute, 32 seconds
2 Unregistered Achievers
153. BethH 1 minute, 33 seconds
3 Free Gamers
157. Bigmike 1 minute, 39 seconds
158. tylerb 1 minute, 43 seconds
159. juri 1 minute, 43 seconds
160. billo 1 minute, 44 seconds
9 Hidden Strategists
170. mattslangford 1 minute, 51 seconds
Shadow Puzzler
172. rlivsey 1 minute, 55 seconds
173. Birdie 1 minute, 59 seconds
174. AGS 2 minutes, 6 seconds
13 Unknown Adventurers
188. JSlo 2 minutes, 23 seconds
4 Stealth Enthusiasts
193. calrdfl 2 minutes, 31 seconds
Visiting Riddler
195. Marylyn 2 minutes, 34 seconds
196. mrakes 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Hidden Solver
198. eccephono 2 minutes, 40 seconds
199. Fikiri 2 minutes, 41 seconds
9 Undisclosed Gamers
209. yitz 3 minutes, 18 seconds
13 Anonymous Contestants
223. offput 4 minutes, 43 seconds
2 Undisclosed Players
226. Diamond_Dog 5 minutes, 36 seconds
5 Undisclosed Thinkers
232. bwhough 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Unidentified Achiever
234. TomFrog 6 minutes, 53 seconds
3 Non-Paying Enthusiasts
238. stuart 7 minutes, 59 seconds
11 Secret Contestants
250. Grover924 43 minutes, 40 seconds
251. FredDuffle 44 minutes, 18 seconds
Visiting Player
253. coachwatson 4 hours, 9 minutes, 5 seconds
254. scottisloud 8 hours, 4 minutes, 39 seconds
3 Hidden Challengers
258. gregde 21 hours, 6 minutes, 1 second
259. ballookey 24 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds
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