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