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