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