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