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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
4 Unknown Achievers
5. peezismyname 17 seconds
Mystery Player
7. jrduncans 20 seconds
3 Anonymous Participants
11. jonny 21 seconds
12. charlesa 21 seconds
Non-Paying Puzzler
14. belehaa 24 seconds
15. pikapikapi 24 seconds
16. mafrauen 24 seconds
3 Mystery Gamers
20. stuart 25 seconds
21. Banstyle 25 seconds
2 Mysterious Players
24. ggodwin 26 seconds
Unknown Adventurer
26. stefp 27 seconds
Undisclosed Explorer
28. some chap 28 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Players
33. rlivsey 30 seconds
34. Andrew Kemp 30 seconds
2 Unknown Strategists
37. aaa 31 seconds
6 Unregistered Challengers
44. Quam 33 seconds
Stealth Riddler
46. eltsac 34 seconds
7 Incognito Riddlers
54. scottaw 37 seconds
Visiting Enthusiast
56. bumblefett 38 seconds
57. rawrdimus 38 seconds
58. stc 38 seconds
Free Participant
60. TX101010 39 seconds
7 Unsubscribed Players
68. AirSpencer 42 seconds
5 Mysterious Thinkers
74. girlcalledcharlie 45 seconds
10 Undisclosed Achievers
85. eiramanit 51 seconds
3 Hidden Players
89. jsuttonmorse 52 seconds
Non-Paying Challenger
91. JSlo 53 seconds
2 Hidden Enthusiasts
94. Ianc 54 seconds
2 Unregistered Strategists
97. TomFrog 56 seconds
98. brianstorm 56 seconds
5 Mystery Participants
104. Bigmike 59 seconds
3 Free Challengers
108. JeremyK 1 minute, 0 seconds
109. bfordham 👑 1 minute, 0 seconds
11 Non-Member Victors
121. robbinamsterdam 1 minute, 7 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Competitors
126. sem 1 minute, 9 seconds
Visiting Participant
128. sepcot 1 minute, 16 seconds
4 Secret Competitors
133. Belldog 1 minute, 19 seconds
9 Unregistered Riddlers
143. rfegley 1 minute, 31 seconds
Visiting Victor
145. Deep River Dave 1 minute, 33 seconds
146. MichelleMS212 1 minute, 34 seconds
2 Free Strategists
149. tbeckett 1 minute, 35 seconds
7 Hidden Participants
157. Mark S 1 minute, 48 seconds
158. musubi 1 minute, 48 seconds
3 Unregistered Enthusiasts
162. w00zy 1 minute, 56 seconds
2 Shadow Challengers
165. Betsy 1 minute, 58 seconds
9 Non-Member Competitors
175. trewin 2 minutes, 10 seconds
176. sjcarter@mac.com 2 minutes, 19 seconds
3 Unidentified Gamers
180. zydecopaws 2 minutes, 27 seconds
16 Unknown Adventurers
197. mythgard 3 minutes, 34 seconds
33 Unidentified Thinkers
231. Damian 7 minutes, 38 seconds
232. ilcdan 7 minutes, 42 seconds
2 Incognito Adventurers
235. Galadriel 9 minutes, 27 seconds
3 Undisclosed Victors
239. neil 11 minutes, 25 seconds
240. solar 11 minutes, 41 seconds
12 Non-Member Solvers
253. danielgbbns 20 minutes, 47 seconds
4 Visiting Strategists
258. audidog2025 1 hour, 45 minutes, 23 seconds
2 Anonymous Competitors
261. jimg 11 hours, 25 minutes, 26 seconds
262. rebecca 40 hours, 0 minutes, 20 seconds
Unidentified Player