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