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