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