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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
Stealth Adventurer
2. froggybrolly 9 seconds
3 Unregistered Solvers
6. reaganmesser 12 seconds
3 Shadow Strategists
10. Amj501 13 seconds
11. otter 13 seconds
12. some chap 13 seconds
2 Free Enthusiasts
15. charlesa 14 seconds
16. mdrichard05 14 seconds
Non-Member Riddler
18. TomFrog 15 seconds
6 Shadow Thinkers
25. jonny 17 seconds
5 Mysterious Puzzlers
31. JSlo 18 seconds
32. sem 18 seconds
10 Unregistered Explorers
43. stuart 20 seconds
44. rawrdimus 20 seconds
45. derek_knitter 20 seconds
5 Hidden Participants
51. TX101010 21 seconds
52. trewin 21 seconds
53. bobbytee 21 seconds
2 Unknown Victors
56. bwhough 22 seconds
57. scottaw 22 seconds
4 Shadow Thinkers
62. wixardy 23 seconds
5 Secret Explorers
68. holgr 24 seconds
69. rlivsey 24 seconds
9 Unsubscribed Achievers
79. Andrew Kemp 25 seconds
5 Unsubscribed Participants
85. mythgard 26 seconds
86. eltsac 26 seconds
4 Unregistered Thinkers
91. juri 27 seconds
5 Unregistered Solvers
97. BooBooBot 28 seconds
98. robbinamsterdam 28 seconds
99. gregzx 28 seconds
18 Shadow Thinkers
118. Marcintosh 30 seconds
119. musubi 30 seconds
7 Stealth Adventurers
127. Abie 31 seconds
11 Visiting Achievers
139. PhilStollery 33 seconds
140. stc 33 seconds
141. sametjan 33 seconds
10 Secret Participants
152. Diamond_Dog 34 seconds
153. rellim 34 seconds
154. iayork 34 seconds
11 Unregistered Gamers
166. offput 35 seconds
6 Unidentified Solvers
173. JonathanB 36 seconds
7 Hidden Puzzlers
181. raccoona 37 seconds
182. jsuttonmorse 37 seconds
8 Unidentified Enthusiasts
191. ggodwin 38 seconds
6 Non-Paying Enthusiasts
198. stefp 39 seconds
8 Incognito Challengers
207. Ambiverbal 40 seconds
8 Incognito Enthusiasts
216. leoncowle 41 seconds
217. FredDuffle 41 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Participants
222. peezismyname 42 seconds
6 Anonymous Puzzlers
229. erdoc 43 seconds
11 Free Explorers
241. crossjam 45 seconds
5 Unregistered Participants
247. Bigmike 46 seconds
248. mccllstr 46 seconds
249. brianstorm 46 seconds
6 Mysterious Strategists
256. billo 47 seconds
257. elkgirl 47 seconds
16 Secret Adventurers
274. shardsofmetal 50 seconds
6 Free Explorers
281. juska 51 seconds
282. snoopy369 51 seconds
5 Unregistered Challengers
288. sepcot 52 seconds
3 Hidden Participants
292. dotcom 54 seconds
5 Free Participants
298. gwbattershill 55 seconds
Free Victor
300. Mark S 56 seconds
3 Unidentified Contestants
304. Galadriel 58 seconds
3 Shadow Riddlers
308. Ianc 59 seconds
15 Hidden Participants
324. nrock2277 1 minute, 6 seconds
29 Free Contestants
354. ilcdan 1 minute, 17 seconds
8 Unregistered Participants
363. JeremyK 1 minute, 26 seconds
2 Shadow Solvers
366. jbatten 1 minute, 28 seconds
2 Stealth Riddlers
369. dypstych 1 minute, 31 seconds
3 Undisclosed Gamers
373. kantgant 1 minute, 33 seconds
Mysterious Competitor
375. MrMumbly 1 minute, 35 seconds
3 Mysterious Solvers
379. bergus 1 minute, 39 seconds
3 Secret Achievers
383. polemarkh 1 minute, 42 seconds
6 Non-Member Adventurers
390. bumblefett 1 minute, 53 seconds
3 Unregistered Competitors
394. Yhg1s 1 minute, 56 seconds
22 Undisclosed Adventurers
417. solar 2 minutes, 15 seconds
24 Visiting Competitors
442. dwin76 4 minutes, 1 second
2 Mysterious Thinkers
445. Quam 5 minutes, 22 seconds
4 Unregistered Contestants
450. greermama 6 minutes, 19 seconds
451. Banstyle 6 minutes, 22 seconds
15 Incognito Riddlers
467. Grumpy 👑 12 minutes, 12 seconds
8 Shadow Riddlers
476. coachwatson 25 minutes, 18 seconds
Unknown Adventurer
478. sjcarter@mac.com 36 minutes, 52 seconds
479. Rdickers23 1 hour, 14 minutes, 41 seconds
480. tbeckett 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds
6 Secret Contestants