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