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