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