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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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Rank Who Time
2 Shadow Players
3. dmoren 17 seconds
4. mrakes 17 seconds
Hidden Competitor
6. Amj501 18 seconds
3 Unregistered Adventurers
10. ACM 20 seconds
Secret Adventurer
12. EmmaVB 21 seconds
Visiting Enthusiast
14. TomFrog 22 seconds
2 Shadow Challengers
17. eltsac 23 seconds
3 Mystery Contestants
21. marramgrass 25 seconds
22. JSlo 25 seconds
Stealth Explorer
24. holgr 26 seconds
25. mikerastiello 26 seconds
Secret Challenger
27. Andrew Kemp 27 seconds
6 Mysterious Challengers
34. scottisloud 29 seconds
Mysterious Strategist
36. wixardy 30 seconds
Unsubscribed Thinker
38. TX101010 31 seconds
Non-Member Competitor
40. sem 32 seconds
3 Secret Competitors
44. rlorenz 34 seconds
Anonymous Strategist
46. jonny 35 seconds
47. adamqp 35 seconds
48. elkgirl 35 seconds
49. TRezendes 👑 35 seconds
2 Mysterious Riddlers
52. undercarbonated 36 seconds
4 Stealth Puzzlers
57. MsKinNJ 37 seconds
3 Free Explorers
61. Bigmike 39 seconds
62. Quam 39 seconds
3 Unknown Explorers
66. sullust 40 seconds
2 Anonymous Enthusiasts
69. steev 41 seconds
70. K^2 41 seconds
71. robbinamsterdam 41 seconds
Mysterious Challenger
73. glucas 42 seconds
74. belehaa 42 seconds
4 Mysterious Solvers
79. otter 45 seconds
10 Stealth Gamers
90. LaurenSKF 51 seconds
2 Hidden Enthusiasts
93. sww 53 seconds
94. offput 53 seconds
3 Unknown Explorers
98. joekissell 56 seconds
99. rebecca 56 seconds
2 Mysterious Competitors
102. Dan 57 seconds
5 Non-Paying Puzzlers
108. raccoona 58 seconds
109. bwhough 58 seconds
110. eczarny 58 seconds
2 Non-Member Players
113. charlesa 59 seconds
3 Non-Paying Strategists
117. pmele 1 minute, 1 second
2 Secret Gamers
120. Peter 1 minute, 2 seconds
5 Free Solvers
126. kim 1 minute, 5 seconds
2 Anonymous Puzzlers
129. trewin 1 minute, 6 seconds
130. FredDuffle 1 minute, 6 seconds
131. yitz 1 minute, 7 seconds
8 Visiting Participants
140. laurengsnell 1 minute, 15 seconds
141. merlinthp 1 minute, 16 seconds
142. mattslangford 1 minute, 16 seconds
4 Unidentified Competitors
147. billo 1 minute, 20 seconds
148. bfordham 1 minute, 20 seconds
Visiting Player
150. marshally 1 minute, 21 seconds
Non-Paying Riddler
152. JeremyK 1 minute, 22 seconds
153. giromide 1 minute, 22 seconds
2 Free Contestants
156. scottaw 1 minute, 24 seconds
4 Unregistered Participants
161. Diamond_Dog 1 minute, 27 seconds
2 Mysterious Challengers
164. Swifty 1 minute, 32 seconds
Non-Paying Competitor
166. mclazarus 1 minute, 36 seconds
167. BooBooBot 1 minute, 37 seconds
6 Mysterious Strategists
174. AGS 1 minute, 44 seconds
4 Stealth Victors
179. slyyy 1 minute, 49 seconds
5 Shadow Competitors
185. tylerb 1 minute, 55 seconds
186. juri 1 minute, 59 seconds
Secret Enthusiast
188. AliW 2 minutes, 0 seconds
3 Non-Member Competitors
192. plantbasedrobot 2 minutes, 7 seconds
Incognito Competitor
194. joshmuthumani 2 minutes, 8 seconds
10 Undisclosed Enthusiasts
205. Ianc 2 minutes, 26 seconds
Unidentified Challenger
207. ballookey 2 minutes, 31 seconds
208. dswallow 2 minutes, 34 seconds
4 Non-Paying Victors
213. teisam 2 minutes, 45 seconds
214. d0mth0ma5 2 minutes, 45 seconds
5 Anonymous Solvers
220. itsmekt71 2 minutes, 48 seconds
6 Visiting Strategists
227. Marcintosh 3 minutes, 5 seconds
228. natebeaty 3 minutes, 8 seconds
229. stuart 3 minutes, 10 seconds
15 Stealth Adventurers
245. Nathan B 4 minutes, 6 seconds
15 Non-Member Gamers
261. bumblefett 6 minutes, 4 seconds
262. jasonlfunk 6 minutes, 6 seconds
2 Unsubscribed Strategists
265. sepcot 7 minutes, 38 seconds
7 Incognito Achievers
273. Birdie 9 minutes, 56 seconds
274. Raineer 10 minutes, 43 seconds
3 Secret Players
278. florida117 15 minutes, 12 seconds
9 Non-Paying Adventurers
288. coachwatson 2 hours, 40 minutes, 25 seconds
Undisclosed Victor
290. Ani Friedman 6 hours, 37 minutes, 54 seconds
Unregistered Strategist
292. Grover924 8 hours, 4 minutes, 54 seconds
293. Pdkoenig 10 hours, 41 minutes, 14 seconds
2 Mysterious Participants