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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 #649 Leaderboards
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Rank Who Time
6 Unidentified Participants
7. Yhg1s 21 seconds
3 Non-Paying Victors
11. some chap 24 seconds
12. Banstyle 👑 24 seconds
6 Mystery Participants
19. TX101010 29 seconds
20. crossjam 29 seconds
21. rawrdimus 30 seconds
6 Unidentified Victors
28. rlivsey 33 seconds
29. scottaw 34 seconds
6 Non-Member Players
36. Bigmike 37 seconds
37. billo 37 seconds
38. bumblefett 37 seconds
Non-Member Solver
40. jstnhbbs 38 seconds
4 Unregistered Solvers
45. sem 40 seconds
46. juri 40 seconds
47. Galadriel 40 seconds
4 Non-Member Strategists
52. jsuttonmorse 41 seconds
5 Unidentified Players
58. steev 43 seconds
59. TomFrog 44 seconds
4 Non-Paying Victors
64. eiramanit 47 seconds
6 Incognito Participants
71. eltsac 50 seconds
72. bfordham 50 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Achievers
77. ggodwin 53 seconds
4 Unidentified Achievers
82. jrduncans 56 seconds
3 Unregistered Enthusiasts
86. JSlo 58 seconds
3 Visiting Participants
90. belehaa 59 seconds
Shadow Thinker
92. musubi 1 minute, 0 seconds
5 Unidentified Puzzlers
98. tbeckett 1 minute, 3 seconds
6 Visiting Achievers
105. Wyatt_H_Knott 1 minute, 7 seconds
5 Hidden Participants
111. mythgard 1 minute, 11 seconds
112. brianstorm 1 minute, 11 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Competitors
117. JeremyK 1 minute, 15 seconds
3 Mysterious Enthusiasts
121. rfegley 1 minute, 17 seconds
11 Mystery Victors
133. AirSpencer 1 minute, 27 seconds
2 Secret Thinkers
136. pikapikapi 1 minute, 30 seconds
9 Shadow Contestants
146. sepcot 1 minute, 39 seconds
Non-Paying Participant
148. Ianc 1 minute, 42 seconds
Hidden Victor
150. offput 1 minute, 44 seconds
5 Anonymous Contestants
156. Belldog 1 minute, 49 seconds
157. johnhaney 1 minute, 51 seconds
2 Stealth Participants
160. solar 1 minute, 52 seconds
5 Incognito Achievers
166. trewin 2 minutes, 1 second
Stealth Adventurer
168. aaa 2 minutes, 3 seconds
Unregistered Explorer
170. BWII 2 minutes, 7 seconds
4 Incognito Gamers
175. Damian 2 minutes, 17 seconds
3 Incognito Victors
179. iayork 2 minutes, 23 seconds
11 Visiting Contestants
191. RickG 2 minutes, 47 seconds
19 Unsubscribed Contestants
211. Andrew Kemp 3 minutes, 40 seconds
15 Non-Paying Solvers
227. MichelleMS212 5 minutes, 1 second
228. jonny 5 minutes, 41 seconds
9 Secret Participants
238. stuart 7 minutes, 18 seconds
2 Unknown Challengers
241. girlcalledcharlie 9 minutes, 22 seconds
4 Unregistered Adventurers
246. almostrecesstime 13 minutes, 14 seconds
19 Secret Participants
266. w00zy 2 hours, 34 minutes, 20 seconds
267. sjcarter@mac.com 2 hours, 51 minutes, 23 seconds
268. audidog2025 2 hours, 59 minutes, 44 seconds
Shadow Riddler
270. ilcdan 4 hours, 17 minutes, 40 seconds
3 Unidentified Competitors
274. Rdickers23 9 hours, 20 minutes, 55 seconds
Non-Paying Solver
276. robbinamsterdam 18 hours, 40 minutes, 56 seconds
Shadow Competitor
278. neil 96 hours, 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Non-Paying Explorer