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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
Free Riddler
2. some chap 9 seconds
2 Unidentified Achievers
5. dnwlf 12 seconds
6. Aaron915 12 seconds
3 Unknown Solvers
10. TX101010 13 seconds
11. Andrew Kemp 13 seconds
Unidentified Strategist
13. sem 14 seconds
Unknown Thinker
15. mccllstr 15 seconds
3 Mystery Gamers
19. froggybrolly 16 seconds
7 Mystery Strategists
27. drumsensei 18 seconds
28. peezismyname 18 seconds
Anonymous Victor
30. robbinamsterdam 19 seconds
31. rawrdimus 19 seconds
3 Unregistered Competitors
35. Amj501 20 seconds
36. kantgant 20 seconds
37. ReddyEddy 20 seconds
2 Stealth Gamers
40. Quam 21 seconds
4 Stealth Gamers
45. iayork 22 seconds
6 Shadow Adventurers
52. stuart 23 seconds
53. eltsac 23 seconds
6 Free Explorers
60. brianstorm 24 seconds
61. crossjam 24 seconds
3 Stealth Strategists
65. jsuttonmorse 25 seconds
11 Mystery Puzzlers
77. TomFrog 27 seconds
78. JSlo 27 seconds
79. AGS 27 seconds
80. FredDuffle 27 seconds
14 Non-Member Enthusiasts
95. Peter 29 seconds
96. trewin 29 seconds
97. Galadriel 29 seconds
10 Unregistered Explorers
108. rellim 30 seconds
16 Mysterious Explorers
125. celldaws 33 seconds
9 Non-Member Contestants
135. dotcom 35 seconds
4 Secret Victors
140. Banstyle 36 seconds
141. wyatt 36 seconds
4 Anonymous Thinkers
146. spd 37 seconds
6 Undisclosed Explorers
153. gwbattershill 38 seconds
154. juri 38 seconds
7 Stealth Explorers
162. MrMumbly 39 seconds
163. tbals 39 seconds
10 Stealth Gamers
174. offput 45 seconds
175. erdoc 45 seconds
15 Mysterious Thinkers
191. musubi 49 seconds
13 Shadow Thinkers
205. Mark S 53 seconds
2 Free Thinkers
208. hroe 54 seconds
6 Secret Participants
215. Ianc 56 seconds
2 Free Enthusiasts
218. rlivsey 57 seconds
219. Bigmike 57 seconds
3 Undisclosed Riddlers
223. BWII 59 seconds
224. Rdickers23 1 minute, 0 seconds
6 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
231. rfegley 1 minute, 3 seconds
5 Mystery Participants
237. w00zy 1 minute, 9 seconds
17 Unknown Participants
255. JeremyK 👑 1 minute, 19 seconds
10 Shadow Victors
266. Camnlil 1 minute, 32 seconds
23 Stealth Players
290. tbeckett 2 minutes, 12 seconds
7 Undisclosed Enthusiasts
298. RickG 2 minutes, 46 seconds
4 Undisclosed Achievers
303. CaptainBlasto 3 minutes, 7 seconds
304. ggodwin 3 minutes, 14 seconds
6 Unidentified Contestants
311. coachwatson 5 minutes, 11 seconds
2 Visiting Gamers
314. reaganmesser 5 minutes, 56 seconds
8 Unidentified Riddlers
323. sjcarter@mac.com 16 minutes, 36 seconds
324. sepcot 20 minutes, 17 seconds
4 Shadow Riddlers
329. jonny 1 hour, 26 minutes, 0 seconds
330. bobbytee 4 hours, 34 minutes, 35 seconds
331. scottaw 38 hours, 24 minutes, 20 seconds
2 Mysterious Strategists