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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
3 Non-Member Competitors
4. mdrichard05 10 seconds
3 Stealth Competitors
8. otter 12 seconds
9. jrduncans 12 seconds
10. Stefferniek 12 seconds
Unregistered Competitor
12. BooBooBot 13 seconds
13. enigmadan 13 seconds
14. kantgant 13 seconds
12 Visiting Victors
27. jonny 16 seconds
28. belehaa 16 seconds
29. nrock2277 16 seconds
7 Unidentified Explorers
37. TomFrog 17 seconds
38. offput 17 seconds
39. sem 17 seconds
40. k._pow 17 seconds
6 Visiting Adventurers
47. eiskrap 18 seconds
48. Diamond_Dog 18 seconds
49. some chap 👑 18 seconds
6 Secret Thinkers
56. JSlo 19 seconds
6 Hidden Explorers
63. Andrew Kemp 20 seconds
64. rtteachr 20 seconds
5 Stealth Thinkers
70. TX101010 21 seconds
71. Frankybeenz 21 seconds
72. steev 21 seconds
5 Undisclosed Victors
78. bumblefett 22 seconds
79. MCC716 22 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
84. holgr 23 seconds
85. JeremyK 23 seconds
86. trewin 23 seconds
6 Undisclosed Enthusiasts
93. wixardy 24 seconds
94. rlorenz 24 seconds
2 Incognito Explorers
97. Amj501 25 seconds
98. scottaw 25 seconds
99. Quam 25 seconds
10 Unregistered Explorers
110. Marcintosh 26 seconds
7 Incognito Achievers
118. ilcdan 27 seconds
4 Unknown Achievers
123. FredDuffle 28 seconds
124. calrdfl 28 seconds
7 Unknown Victors
132. coachwatson 29 seconds
5 Stealth Contestants
138. billo 30 seconds
139. Ianc 30 seconds
140. eltsac 30 seconds
4 Anonymous Riddlers
145. Bigmike 31 seconds
146. merlinthp 31 seconds
5 Incognito Enthusiasts
152. JonathanB 32 seconds
3 Non-Member Explorers
156. leoncowle 33 seconds
11 Secret Challengers
168. sepcot 36 seconds
169. juri 36 seconds
2 Unknown Strategists
172. mccllstr 37 seconds
173. charlesa 37 seconds
174. bwhough 38 seconds
6 Mystery Adventurers
181. adamqp 40 seconds
7 Unidentified Explorers
189. ggodwin 43 seconds
190. jsuttonmorse 43 seconds
4 Secret Puzzlers
195. JudyC 45 seconds
3 Secret Explorers
199. MrMumbly 46 seconds
Mystery Challenger
201. Mark S 47 seconds
2 Shadow Thinkers
204. rlivsey 49 seconds
2 Mysterious Strategists
207. tbridge 50 seconds
3 Shadow Solvers
211. Mark Tomas 54 seconds
212. jazzy 54 seconds
16 Visiting Players
229. Pdkoenig 1 minute, 8 seconds
3 Stealth Enthusiasts
233. Tmaguire 1 minute, 13 seconds
3 Anonymous Victors
237. WLG 1 minute, 18 seconds
Hidden Competitor
239. dswallow 1 minute, 19 seconds
5 Stealth Thinkers
245. TLee64 1 minute, 41 seconds
24 Stealth Players
270. Ani Friedman 29 hours, 3 minutes, 31 seconds