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