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