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