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