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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
Shadow Gamer
2. AliW 17 seconds
Unregistered Challenger
4. avidbeader 20 seconds
4 Secret Puzzlers
9. glucas 22 seconds
10. mccllstr 23 seconds
11. Marcintosh 24 seconds
12. bwhough 24 seconds
13. Peter 26 seconds
3 Free Contestants
17. steev 29 seconds
2 Mysterious Adventurers
20. trewin 30 seconds
3 Undisclosed Puzzlers
24. mikerastiello 31 seconds
25. raccoona 32 seconds
26. Diamond_Dog 32 seconds
2 Non-Paying Strategists
29. TX101010 33 seconds
3 Visiting Solvers
33. adamqp 34 seconds
Stealth Thinker
35. LaurenSKF 36 seconds
36. Amj501 36 seconds
37. yitz 36 seconds
2 Undisclosed Contestants
40. calrdfl 38 seconds
Non-Paying Riddler
42. belehaa 39 seconds
Secret Adventurer
44. tbridge 42 seconds
4 Free Competitors
49. marshally 44 seconds
3 Unregistered Victors
53. Khemileon 46 seconds
8 Undisclosed Achievers
62. teisam 50 seconds
2 Non-Member Thinkers
65. enigmadan 52 seconds
3 Hidden Thinkers
69. Rootbeer246 55 seconds
Stealth Strategist
71. holgr 56 seconds
2 Mystery Players
74. sepcot 59 seconds
75. eczarny 59 seconds
Hidden Explorer
77. otter 1 minute, 0 seconds
78. JudyC 1 minute, 0 seconds
3 Mysterious Challengers
82. d0mth0ma5 1 minute, 1 second
2 Non-Member Strategists
85. agiletortoise 1 minute, 2 seconds
86. TRezendes 👑 1 minute, 2 seconds
87. eltsac 1 minute, 4 seconds
Mysterious Puzzler
89. Bigmike 1 minute, 5 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
93. sem 1 minute, 6 seconds
Secret Adventurer
95. elkgirl 1 minute, 7 seconds
96. JSlo 1 minute, 7 seconds
97. stuart 1 minute, 10 seconds
3 Mysterious Gamers
101. pmele 1 minute, 12 seconds
15 Undisclosed Players
117. eiskrap 1 minute, 18 seconds
118. kim 1 minute, 19 seconds
2 Unsubscribed Achievers
121. giromide 1 minute, 21 seconds
12 Non-Paying Strategists
134. coachwatson 1 minute, 26 seconds
Unknown Adventurer
136. bflock 1 minute, 28 seconds
6 Unregistered Gamers
143. JeremyK 1 minute, 33 seconds
144. dswallow 1 minute, 33 seconds
4 Unknown Riddlers
149. zachzane 1 minute, 39 seconds
2 Anonymous Victors
152. scottaw 1 minute, 43 seconds
5 Non-Member Strategists
158. jahaha 1 minute, 49 seconds
6 Unidentified Competitors
165. natebeaty 1 minute, 58 seconds
166. Ianc 2 minutes, 0 seconds
Unknown Gamer
168. Andrew Kemp 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Anonymous Contestant
170. scottisloud 2 minutes, 4 seconds
171. Nathan B 2 minutes, 7 seconds
Shadow Solver
173. helbonikster 2 minutes, 9 seconds
6 Visiting Participants
180. TomFrog 2 minutes, 27 seconds
4 Anonymous Victors
185. tylerb 2 minutes, 33 seconds
9 Unsubscribed Strategists
195. bfordham 2 minutes, 52 seconds
10 Unknown Players
206. leoncowle 3 minutes, 4 seconds
Unsubscribed Thinker
208. AGS 3 minutes, 5 seconds
8 Non-Paying Players
217. Spol 3 minutes, 34 seconds
3 Undisclosed Puzzlers
221. rlivsey 3 minutes, 45 seconds
222. itsmekt71 3 minutes, 47 seconds
2 Non-Paying Adventurers
225. jazzy 3 minutes, 56 seconds
23 Mysterious Riddlers
249. TLee64 9 minutes, 58 seconds
250. bumblefett 10 minutes, 12 seconds
10 Mystery Achievers
261. offput 2 hours, 32 minutes, 1 second
2 Hidden Puzzlers
264. sullust 5 hours, 10 minutes, 9 seconds
2 Non-Paying Competitors
267. Birdie 10 hours, 20 minutes, 7 seconds
2 Anonymous Thinkers
270. eccephono 43 hours, 25 minutes, 45 seconds
271. leehadassin 60 hours, 9 minutes, 28 seconds
2 Non-Paying Explorers