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