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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
Non-Member Thinker
2. Aaron0915 10 seconds
Unidentified Participant
4. charlesa 11 seconds
5. jrduncans 11 seconds
2 Unregistered Victors
8. stuart 15 seconds
9. mafrauen 15 seconds
Non-Member Participant
11. TomFrog 16 seconds
2 Free Thinkers
14. TX101010 18 seconds
15. sepcot 18 seconds
16. ajhicks33 18 seconds
2 Stealth Players
19. sarahtheduck 19 seconds
20. rawrdimus 19 seconds
5 Unsubscribed Adventurers
26. TRezendes 20 seconds
27. some chap 20 seconds
2 Anonymous Challengers
30. JSlo 21 seconds
3 Mysterious Players
34. sem 22 seconds
35. belehaa 22 seconds
4 Incognito Victors
40. steev 23 seconds
7 Unidentified Challengers
48. Amj501 25 seconds
49. erdoc 25 seconds
2 Secret Victors
52. juri 26 seconds
6 Non-Member Achievers
59. brianstorm 27 seconds
3 Secret Enthusiasts
63. Ianc 29 seconds
64. Quam 29 seconds
65. SeventyAte 29 seconds
4 Free Strategists
70. Marylyn 31 seconds
2 Non-Member Players
73. Banstyle 32 seconds
6 Visiting Strategists
80. pikapikapi 33 seconds
3 Mysterious Participants
84. Galadriel 34 seconds
85. ReddyEddy 34 seconds
6 Unsubscribed Victors
92. billo 35 seconds
93. dnwlf 35 seconds
Unidentified Challenger
95. gwbattershill 36 seconds
96. AirSpencer 36 seconds
3 Incognito Players
100. scottaw 37 seconds
10 Unidentified Gamers
111. Damian 39 seconds
112. aaa 39 seconds
8 Unsubscribed Participants
121. stefp 41 seconds
122. BWII 41 seconds
2 Shadow Achievers
125. PiFoundry 42 seconds
126. iayork 42 seconds
4 Shadow Victors
131. AlexisW 43 seconds
4 Non-Paying Achievers
136. offput 44 seconds
2 Secret Solvers
139. hroe 45 seconds
140. Greg P 45 seconds
5 Visiting Thinkers
146. jstnhbbs 46 seconds
Stealth Victor
148. musubi 47 seconds
Shadow Riddler
150. bumblefett 48 seconds
151. peezismyname 48 seconds
4 Undisclosed Thinkers
156. eltsac 50 seconds
157. JudyC 50 seconds
158. Mark S 50 seconds
4 Shadow Adventurers
163. KateReads 51 seconds
12 Undisclosed Achievers
176. ggodwin 55 seconds
3 Free Adventurers
180. danielgbbns 56 seconds
6 Non-Member Puzzlers
187. Andrew Kemp 58 seconds
4 Shadow Riddlers
192. dwin76 59 seconds
3 Mysterious Players
196. mikerastiello 1 minute, 1 second
4 Anonymous Adventurers
201. sjcarter@mac.com 1 minute, 2 seconds
26 Incognito Adventurers
228. Tyger 1 minute, 19 seconds
22 Secret Solvers
251. rfegley 1 minute, 32 seconds
2 Mystery Riddlers
254. solar 👑 1 minute, 36 seconds
255. neil 1 minute, 37 seconds
256. JonathanB 1 minute, 39 seconds
257. tbals 1 minute, 39 seconds
2 Undisclosed Competitors
260. rlivsey 1 minute, 42 seconds
261. girlcalledcharlie 1 minute, 42 seconds
262. w00zy 1 minute, 43 seconds
3 Unregistered Challengers
266. jsuttonmorse 1 minute, 50 seconds
2 Secret Challengers
269. robbinamsterdam 1 minute, 54 seconds
4 Incognito Players
274. tbeckett 2 minutes, 1 second
4 Unsubscribed Players
279. JeremyK 2 minutes, 14 seconds
6 Unidentified Explorers
286. Rdickers23 2 minutes, 22 seconds
287. ilcdan 2 minutes, 31 seconds
288. zydecopaws 2 minutes, 31 seconds
5 Anonymous Challengers
294. mythgard 2 minutes, 38 seconds
2 Shadow Participants
297. bfordham 3 minutes, 5 seconds
Mystery Enthusiast
299. shardsofmetal 3 minutes, 14 seconds
300. jimg 3 minutes, 31 seconds
301. Bigmike 3 minutes, 37 seconds
6 Stealth Enthusiasts
308. RickG 4 minutes, 46 seconds
6 Undisclosed Adventurers
315. Fingermouse 7 minutes, 41 seconds
8 Non-Paying Participants
324. trewin 17 minutes, 27 seconds
325. wien97 20 minutes, 12 seconds
326. bloodredrose 22 minutes, 45 seconds
8 Free Participants
335. jonny 5 hours, 30 minutes, 35 seconds
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