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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
Incognito Contestant
2. froggybrolly 9 seconds
3 Visiting Riddlers
6. reaganmesser 12 seconds
3 Undisclosed Contestants
10. Amj501 13 seconds
11. otter 13 seconds
12. some chap 13 seconds
2 Non-Member Explorers
15. charlesa 14 seconds
16. mdrichard05 14 seconds
Unsubscribed Puzzler
18. TomFrog 15 seconds
6 Hidden Riddlers
25. jonny 17 seconds
5 Unknown Competitors
31. JSlo 18 seconds
32. sem 18 seconds
10 Incognito Gamers
43. stuart 20 seconds
44. rawrdimus 20 seconds
45. derek_knitter 20 seconds
5 Anonymous Gamers
51. TX101010 21 seconds
52. trewin 21 seconds
53. bobbytee 21 seconds
2 Non-Paying Achievers
56. bwhough 22 seconds
57. scottaw 22 seconds
4 Mysterious Enthusiasts
62. wixardy 23 seconds
5 Mysterious Gamers
68. holgr 24 seconds
69. rlivsey 24 seconds
9 Shadow Enthusiasts
79. Andrew Kemp 25 seconds
5 Non-Paying Victors
85. mythgard 26 seconds
86. eltsac 26 seconds
4 Shadow Players
91. juri 27 seconds
5 Unidentified Competitors
97. BooBooBot 28 seconds
98. robbinamsterdam 28 seconds
99. gregzx 28 seconds
18 Shadow Strategists
118. Marcintosh 30 seconds
119. musubi 30 seconds
7 Shadow Adventurers
127. Abie 31 seconds
11 Secret Competitors
139. PhilStollery 33 seconds
140. stc 33 seconds
141. sametjan 33 seconds
10 Non-Member Participants
152. Diamond_Dog 34 seconds
153. rellim 34 seconds
154. iayork 34 seconds
11 Unidentified Strategists
166. offput 35 seconds
6 Mystery Participants
173. JonathanB 36 seconds
7 Unregistered Strategists
181. raccoona 37 seconds
182. jsuttonmorse 37 seconds
8 Anonymous Enthusiasts
191. ggodwin 38 seconds
6 Non-Member Thinkers
198. stefp 39 seconds
8 Mystery Enthusiasts
207. Ambiverbal 40 seconds
8 Undisclosed Thinkers
216. leoncowle 41 seconds
217. FredDuffle 41 seconds
4 Visiting Players
222. peezismyname 42 seconds
6 Mystery Solvers
229. erdoc 43 seconds
11 Mysterious Thinkers
241. crossjam 45 seconds
5 Unregistered Enthusiasts
247. Bigmike 46 seconds
248. mccllstr 46 seconds
249. brianstorm 46 seconds
6 Hidden Victors
256. billo 47 seconds
257. elkgirl 47 seconds
16 Shadow Strategists
274. shardsofmetal 50 seconds
6 Mysterious Explorers
281. juska 51 seconds
282. snoopy369 51 seconds
5 Shadow Gamers
288. sepcot 52 seconds
3 Mystery Adventurers
292. dotcom 54 seconds
5 Secret Strategists
298. gwbattershill 55 seconds
Mysterious Challenger
300. Mark S 56 seconds
3 Unknown Explorers
304. Galadriel 58 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
308. Ianc 59 seconds
15 Undisclosed Explorers
324. nrock2277 1 minute, 6 seconds
29 Shadow Achievers
354. ilcdan 1 minute, 17 seconds
8 Unknown Competitors
363. JeremyK 1 minute, 26 seconds
2 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
366. jbatten 1 minute, 28 seconds
2 Non-Member Players
369. dypstych 1 minute, 31 seconds
3 Hidden Gamers
373. kantgant 1 minute, 33 seconds
Mysterious Solver
375. MrMumbly 1 minute, 35 seconds
3 Free Riddlers
379. bergus 1 minute, 39 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Achievers
383. polemarkh 1 minute, 42 seconds
6 Anonymous Puzzlers
390. bumblefett 1 minute, 53 seconds
3 Visiting Strategists
394. Yhg1s 1 minute, 56 seconds
22 Anonymous Solvers
417. solar 2 minutes, 15 seconds
24 Incognito Achievers
442. dwin76 4 minutes, 1 second
2 Visiting Competitors
445. Quam 5 minutes, 22 seconds
4 Stealth Riddlers
450. greermama 6 minutes, 19 seconds
451. Banstyle 6 minutes, 22 seconds
15 Hidden Explorers
467. Grumpy 👑 12 minutes, 12 seconds
8 Anonymous Victors
476. coachwatson 25 minutes, 18 seconds
Visiting Solver
478. sjcarter@mac.com 36 minutes, 52 seconds
479. Rdickers23 1 hour, 14 minutes, 41 seconds
480. tbeckett 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds
6 Undisclosed Competitors