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