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