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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
Visiting Victor
2. froggybrolly 9 seconds
3 Secret Thinkers
6. reaganmesser 12 seconds
3 Hidden Players
10. Amj501 13 seconds
11. otter 13 seconds
12. some chap 13 seconds
2 Hidden Explorers
15. charlesa 14 seconds
16. mdrichard05 14 seconds
Stealth Victor
18. TomFrog 15 seconds
6 Mysterious Enthusiasts
25. jonny 17 seconds
5 Anonymous Solvers
31. JSlo 18 seconds
32. sem 18 seconds
10 Free Explorers
43. stuart 20 seconds
44. rawrdimus 20 seconds
45. derek_knitter 20 seconds
5 Visiting Puzzlers
51. TX101010 21 seconds
52. trewin 21 seconds
53. bobbytee 21 seconds
2 Secret Gamers
56. bwhough 22 seconds
57. scottaw 22 seconds
4 Secret Solvers
62. wixardy 23 seconds
5 Shadow Players
68. holgr 24 seconds
69. rlivsey 24 seconds
9 Unregistered Strategists
79. Andrew Kemp 25 seconds
5 Mysterious Puzzlers
85. mythgard 26 seconds
86. eltsac 26 seconds
4 Mysterious Players
91. juri 27 seconds
5 Mysterious Strategists
97. BooBooBot 28 seconds
98. robbinamsterdam 28 seconds
99. gregzx 28 seconds
18 Hidden Enthusiasts
118. Marcintosh 30 seconds
119. musubi 30 seconds
7 Secret Solvers
127. Abie 31 seconds
11 Secret Victors
139. PhilStollery 33 seconds
140. stc 33 seconds
141. sametjan 33 seconds
10 Mystery Participants
152. Diamond_Dog 34 seconds
153. rellim 34 seconds
154. iayork 34 seconds
11 Unregistered Strategists
166. offput 35 seconds
6 Anonymous Puzzlers
173. JonathanB 36 seconds
8 Unsubscribed Victors
182. raccoona 37 seconds
183. jsuttonmorse 37 seconds
8 Mystery Players
192. ggodwin 38 seconds
6 Undisclosed Achievers
199. stefp 39 seconds
8 Undisclosed Players
208. Ambiverbal 40 seconds
8 Stealth Gamers
217. leoncowle 41 seconds
218. FredDuffle 41 seconds
4 Mysterious Victors
223. peezismyname 42 seconds
6 Undisclosed Contestants
230. erdoc 43 seconds
11 Visiting Competitors
242. crossjam 45 seconds
5 Non-Paying Explorers
248. Bigmike 46 seconds
249. mccllstr 46 seconds
250. brianstorm 46 seconds
6 Unknown Gamers
257. billo 47 seconds
258. elkgirl 47 seconds
16 Stealth Players
275. shardsofmetal 50 seconds
6 Unknown Challengers
282. juska 51 seconds
283. snoopy369 51 seconds
5 Hidden Puzzlers
289. sepcot 52 seconds
3 Unregistered Competitors
293. dotcom 54 seconds
5 Unidentified Thinkers
299. gwbattershill 55 seconds
Incognito Strategist
301. Mark S 56 seconds
3 Shadow Adventurers
305. Galadriel 58 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Thinkers
309. Ianc 59 seconds
15 Incognito Puzzlers
325. nrock2277 1 minute, 6 seconds
29 Unidentified Contestants
355. ilcdan 1 minute, 17 seconds
8 Incognito Puzzlers
364. JeremyK 1 minute, 26 seconds
2 Secret Thinkers
367. jbatten 1 minute, 28 seconds
2 Shadow Participants
370. dypstych 1 minute, 31 seconds
3 Unknown Players
374. kantgant 1 minute, 33 seconds
Non-Member Puzzler
376. MrMumbly 1 minute, 35 seconds
3 Visiting Solvers
380. bergus 1 minute, 39 seconds
3 Visiting Players
384. polemarkh 1 minute, 42 seconds
6 Incognito Strategists
391. bumblefett 1 minute, 53 seconds
3 Unidentified Participants
395. Yhg1s 1 minute, 56 seconds
22 Non-Member Victors
418. solar 2 minutes, 15 seconds
24 Hidden Participants
443. dwin76 4 minutes, 1 second
2 Shadow Adventurers
446. Quam 5 minutes, 22 seconds
4 Stealth Players
451. greermama 6 minutes, 19 seconds
452. Banstyle 6 minutes, 22 seconds
15 Unknown Strategists
468. Grumpy 👑 12 minutes, 12 seconds
8 Shadow Achievers
477. coachwatson 25 minutes, 18 seconds
Anonymous Contestant
479. sjcarter@mac.com 36 minutes, 52 seconds
480. Rdickers23 1 hour, 14 minutes, 41 seconds
481. tbeckett 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds
6 Hidden Victors