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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 #740 Leaderboards
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Rank Who Time
1. eiramanit 11 seconds
Visiting Participant
3. Quam 14 seconds
3 Anonymous Thinkers
7. brianstorm 16 seconds
8. Andrew Kemp 17 seconds
9. stuart 17 seconds
Undisclosed Enthusiast
11. some chap 18 seconds
6 Visiting Puzzlers
18. eltsac 20 seconds
19. pikapikapi 20 seconds
20. Banstyle 👑 20 seconds
21. stc 20 seconds
22. crossjam 20 seconds
7 Secret Explorers
30. jrduncans 22 seconds
3 Anonymous Gamers
34. rawrdimus 24 seconds
3 Hidden Adventurers
38. steev 25 seconds
39. webswebswebs 25 seconds
5 Unknown Solvers
45. stanne 27 seconds
4 Mystery Challengers
50. charlesa 29 seconds
5 Undisclosed Puzzlers
56. danielgbbns 30 seconds
6 Incognito Challengers
63. bumblefett 33 seconds
8 Free Participants
72. wixardy 37 seconds
73. sepcot 37 seconds
2 Undisclosed Achievers
76. thatguygriff 39 seconds
6 Stealth Thinkers
83. scottaw 41 seconds
6 Incognito Victors
90. Damian 44 seconds
91. rfegley 45 seconds
Secret Gamer
93. jsuttonmorse 46 seconds
94. AirSpencer 46 seconds
2 Non-Paying Riddlers
97. PhoebeK 47 seconds
4 Unsubscribed Competitors
102. sem 49 seconds
103. Belldog 49 seconds
2 Visiting Adventurers
106. robbinamsterdam 50 seconds
Non-Paying Thinker
108. peezismyname 51 seconds
Unidentified Participant
110. hroe 52 seconds
5 Incognito Thinkers
116. bfordham 54 seconds
Unregistered Contestant
118. jonny 55 seconds
119. Mark S 55 seconds
3 Stealth Gamers
123. zydecopaws 56 seconds
6 Undisclosed Participants
130. aaa 58 seconds
2 Stealth Riddlers
133. TX101010 59 seconds
134. mythgard 59 seconds
135. billo 1 minute, 0 seconds
136. musubi 1 minute, 1 second
23 Hidden Thinkers
160. ilcdan 1 minute, 13 seconds
Secret Player
162. Richard 1 minute, 15 seconds
16 Non-Paying Riddlers
179. JSlo 1 minute, 28 seconds
12 Non-Member Enthusiasts
192. MichelleMS212 1 minute, 41 seconds
5 Shadow Players
198. Galadriel 1 minute, 47 seconds
3 Mysterious Riddlers
202. JeremyK 1 minute, 50 seconds
4 Stealth Riddlers
207. trewin 1 minute, 58 seconds
Incognito Competitor
209. w00zy 2 minutes, 4 seconds
Hidden Challenger
211. neil 2 minutes, 10 seconds
212. ggodwin 2 minutes, 12 seconds
4 Unidentified Adventurers
217. sjcarter@mac.com 2 minutes, 23 seconds
2 Hidden Achievers
220. Ianc 2 minutes, 30 seconds
20 Undisclosed Victors
241. wien97 5 minutes, 23 seconds
2 Unregistered Participants
244. mumpins 6 minutes, 0 seconds
18 Shadow Gamers
263. AGS 13 minutes, 45 seconds
2 Unsubscribed Contestants
266. edwardloveall 43 minutes, 43 seconds
Secret Victor
268. chugs 3 hours, 40 minutes, 49 seconds
2 Secret Players
271. Pdkoenig 6 hours, 40 minutes, 17 seconds
Free Challenger
273. st2g 22 hours, 20 minutes, 57 seconds