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