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