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