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