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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 #98 Leaderboards
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Rank Who Time
Anonymous Victor
2. marramgrass 10 seconds
Unregistered Challenger
4. rebecca 12 seconds
5. Andrew Kemp 13 seconds
6. ACM 14 seconds
Free Victor
8. Peter 15 seconds
4 Unidentified Contestants
13. steev 17 seconds
14. sem 17 seconds
2 Stealth Puzzlers
17. d0mth0ma5 18 seconds
5 Hidden Victors
23. billo 19 seconds
24. tylerb 19 seconds
5 Unknown Adventurers
30. belehaa 20 seconds
4 Visiting Strategists
35. JSlo 21 seconds
36. charlesa 21 seconds
4 Anonymous Solvers
41. stuart 22 seconds
42. bwhough 22 seconds
43. TRezendes 22 seconds
44. mattslangford 22 seconds
3 Shadow Participants
48. Bigmike 23 seconds
49. mclazarus 23 seconds
50. slyyy 23 seconds
7 Non-Member Players
58. merlinthp 24 seconds
59. eltsac 24 seconds
3 Undisclosed Thinkers
63. Ani Friedman 25 seconds
5 Visiting Challengers
69. AGS 26 seconds
Free Competitor
71. LaurenSKF 27 seconds
72. mccllstr 27 seconds
73. offput 27 seconds
74. teisam 27 seconds
75. kim 27 seconds
8 Unidentified Gamers
84. eiskrap 28 seconds
85. Amj501 28 seconds
86. grammus 28 seconds
87. eczarny 28 seconds
7 Incognito Puzzlers
95. dmoren 29 seconds
96. wixardy 29 seconds
97. undercarbonated 👑 29 seconds
98. pmele 29 seconds
3 Visiting Puzzlers
102. BooBooBot 30 seconds
103. MsKinNJ 30 seconds
3 Unregistered Adventurers
107. juri 31 seconds
108. Khemileon 31 seconds
3 Non-Member Strategists
112. TX101010 32 seconds
113. mikerastiello 32 seconds
8 Unsubscribed Players
122. Marcintosh 33 seconds
Visiting Participant
124. AliW 34 seconds
125. calrdfl 34 seconds
126. BethH 35 seconds
7 Unregistered Strategists
134. TomFrog 37 seconds
7 Unsubscribed Thinkers
142. sepcot 39 seconds
6 Stealth Gamers
149. ballookey 41 seconds
6 Unidentified Thinkers
156. jonny 43 seconds
157. Quam 43 seconds
5 Shadow Explorers
163. otter 46 seconds
Unidentified Adventurer
165. PhilStollery 47 seconds
Mysterious Competitor
167. Diamond_Dog 48 seconds
Non-Paying Achiever
169. elkgirl 49 seconds
170. dswallow 49 seconds
4 Hidden Achievers
175. laurengsnell 51 seconds
4 Unregistered Adventurers
180. bumblefett 53 seconds
8 Shadow Players
189. scottisloud 58 seconds
3 Undisclosed Strategists
193. Barry 1 minute, 1 second
Incognito Adventurer
195. adamqp 1 minute, 2 seconds
16 Secret Puzzlers
212. bfordham 1 minute, 10 seconds
12 Secret Gamers
225. mrakes 1 minute, 20 seconds
12 Stealth Achievers
238. Marylyn 1 minute, 35 seconds
Visiting Thinker
240. rlorenz 1 minute, 42 seconds
4 Non-Member Victors
245. avidbeader 1 minute, 46 seconds
Mystery Thinker
247. trewin 1 minute, 47 seconds
5 Non-Member Solvers
253. sww 1 minute, 53 seconds
Shadow Solver
255. holgr 1 minute, 55 seconds
2 Unidentified Contestants
258. yitz 2 minutes, 0 seconds
259. rlivsey 2 minutes, 2 seconds
3 Incognito Victors
263. scottaw 2 minutes, 13 seconds
4 Unknown Competitors
268. tbridge 2 minutes, 31 seconds
269. jazzy 2 minutes, 33 seconds
270. gregde 2 minutes, 42 seconds
2 Secret Competitors
273. itsmekt71 2 minutes, 50 seconds
8 Unsubscribed Strategists
282. agiletortoise 3 minutes, 49 seconds
9 Undisclosed Riddlers
292. eccephono 6 minutes, 32 seconds
293. marshally 6 minutes, 33 seconds
294. Birdie 6 minutes, 40 seconds
2 Visiting Players
297. Grover924 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Non-Member Thinker
299. Ianc 8 minutes, 21 seconds
8 Non-Member Challengers
308. FredDuffle 4 hours, 15 minutes, 16 seconds
Stealth Player
310. coachwatson 6 hours, 36 minutes, 21 seconds
2 Hidden Competitors