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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
Anonymous Challenger
2. avidbeader 16 seconds
3. sem 17 seconds
Incognito Riddler
5. dmoren 19 seconds
6. steev 19 seconds
2 Hidden Contestants
9. Frankybeenz 22 seconds
10. rebecca 22 seconds
6 Non-Paying Players
17. mccllstr 27 seconds
18. TRezendes 👑 27 seconds
19. mikerastiello 27 seconds
20. belehaa 27 seconds
21. undercarbonated 28 seconds
22. otter 28 seconds
2 Unregistered Thinkers
25. eiskrap 29 seconds
6 Shadow Adventurers
32. kim 33 seconds
Hidden Adventurer
34. PhilStollery 35 seconds
35. grammus 35 seconds
3 Secret Solvers
39. Quam 37 seconds
4 Mysterious Riddlers
44. TX101010 39 seconds
4 Visiting Players
49. scottaw 41 seconds
Unknown Contestant
51. Pdkoenig 42 seconds
7 Unidentified Victors
59. ACM 46 seconds
Unidentified Gamer
61. elkgirl 47 seconds
62. teisam 47 seconds
5 Unregistered Solvers
68. Dan 48 seconds
13 Non-Paying Contestants
82. JeremyK 53 seconds
83. wixardy 53 seconds
84. trewin 53 seconds
3 Incognito Solvers
88. Dr. Ferrous 54 seconds
89. merlinthp 54 seconds
90. leoncowle 54 seconds
Non-Paying Riddler
92. Swifty 56 seconds
8 Visiting Competitors
101. laurengsnell 1 minute, 0 seconds
5 Hidden Riddlers
107. eltsac 1 minute, 1 second
Unknown Contestant
109. Andrew Kemp 1 minute, 3 seconds
110. Amj501 1 minute, 4 seconds
111. marshally 1 minute, 4 seconds
4 Non-Member Competitors
116. tbridge 1 minute, 7 seconds
Unidentified Enthusiast
118. mclazarus 1 minute, 8 seconds
119. Peter 1 minute, 8 seconds
120. bumblefett 1 minute, 8 seconds
Secret Competitor
122. d0mth0ma5 1 minute, 9 seconds
4 Mysterious Adventurers
127. natebeaty 1 minute, 12 seconds
Shadow Solver
129. Marcintosh 1 minute, 14 seconds
4 Undisclosed Gamers
134. Ianc 1 minute, 18 seconds
4 Non-Member Competitors
139. sepcot 1 minute, 23 seconds
140. jazzy 1 minute, 24 seconds
141. helbonikster 1 minute, 25 seconds
Secret Adventurer
143. joekissell 1 minute, 26 seconds
144. bfordham 1 minute, 27 seconds
145. glucas 1 minute, 28 seconds
146. agiletortoise 1 minute, 29 seconds
3 Secret Thinkers
150. eczarny 1 minute, 32 seconds
2 Unregistered Solvers
153. BethH 1 minute, 33 seconds
3 Mystery Riddlers
157. Bigmike 1 minute, 39 seconds
158. tylerb 1 minute, 43 seconds
159. juri 1 minute, 43 seconds
160. billo 1 minute, 44 seconds
9 Mysterious Explorers
170. mattslangford 1 minute, 51 seconds
Shadow Contestant
172. rlivsey 1 minute, 55 seconds
173. Birdie 1 minute, 59 seconds
174. AGS 2 minutes, 6 seconds
13 Free Competitors
188. JSlo 2 minutes, 23 seconds
4 Mysterious Challengers
193. calrdfl 2 minutes, 31 seconds
Free Player
195. Marylyn 2 minutes, 34 seconds
196. mrakes 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Non-Member Puzzler
198. eccephono 2 minutes, 40 seconds
199. Fikiri 2 minutes, 41 seconds
9 Visiting Strategists
209. yitz 3 minutes, 18 seconds
13 Unregistered Contestants
223. offput 4 minutes, 43 seconds
2 Visiting Solvers
226. Diamond_Dog 5 minutes, 36 seconds
5 Secret Enthusiasts
232. bwhough 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Shadow Achiever
234. TomFrog 6 minutes, 53 seconds
3 Free Adventurers
238. stuart 7 minutes, 59 seconds
11 Anonymous Contestants
250. Grover924 43 minutes, 40 seconds
251. FredDuffle 44 minutes, 18 seconds
Unsubscribed Competitor
253. coachwatson 4 hours, 9 minutes, 5 seconds
254. scottisloud 8 hours, 4 minutes, 39 seconds
3 Mystery Enthusiasts
258. gregde 21 hours, 6 minutes, 1 second
259. ballookey 24 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Undisclosed Gamer