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