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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 Challenger
2. jaydee 13 seconds
3 Hidden Strategists
6. mccllstr 18 seconds
2 Non-Member Riddlers
9. Amj501 20 seconds
10. sem 20 seconds
3 Secret Riddlers
14. TRezendes 21 seconds
Unsubscribed Adventurer
16. jonny 23 seconds
9 Non-Paying Challengers
26. mikerastiello 29 seconds
27. k._pow 29 seconds
4 Stealth Enthusiasts
32. marshally 33 seconds
33. bumblefett 33 seconds
34. eltsac 33 seconds
6 Visiting Adventurers
41. SAT232 35 seconds
42. d0mth0ma5 35 seconds
43. bfordham 35 seconds
Shadow Achiever
45. tbridge 36 seconds
2 Anonymous Puzzlers
48. holgr 37 seconds
49. David cgc 37 seconds
Unsubscribed Victor
51. Quam 38 seconds
52. enigmadan 38 seconds
17 Visiting Participants
70. Peter 43 seconds
4 Unidentified Contestants
75. LaurenSKF 44 seconds
Unknown Strategist
77. rlivsey 45 seconds
78. TomFrog 45 seconds
79. Khemileon 45 seconds
Visiting Competitor
81. raccoona 46 seconds
2 Unidentified Puzzlers
84. billo 47 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Puzzlers
88. ggodwin 48 seconds
Undisclosed Challenger
90. mrakes 49 seconds
91. mdrichard05 49 seconds
Incognito Participant
93. rlorenz 50 seconds
94. steev 51 seconds
Hidden Gamer
96. Andrew Kemp 52 seconds
97. stuart 52 seconds
6 Hidden Players
104. Marcintosh 56 seconds
105. nertzy 56 seconds
2 Mystery Thinkers
108. hryscan 57 seconds
Unknown Explorer
110. Marylyn 59 seconds
111. belehaa 1 minute, 0 seconds
7 Visiting Solvers
119. Bigmike 1 minute, 2 seconds
120. Pdkoenig 1 minute, 2 seconds
2 Free Players
123. yitz 1 minute, 3 seconds
124. LSR 1 minute, 3 seconds
3 Mysterious Explorers
128. adamqp 1 minute, 4 seconds
2 Non-Paying Players
131. elkgirl 1 minute, 5 seconds
132. JSlo 1 minute, 5 seconds
133. kantgant 1 minute, 5 seconds
2 Unidentified Riddlers
136. eccephono 1 minute, 6 seconds
20 Secret Explorers
157. TX101010 1 minute, 16 seconds
Secret Solver
159. charlesa 1 minute, 17 seconds
4 Mystery Thinkers
164. bwhough 1 minute, 22 seconds
8 Hidden Challengers
173. JeremyK 👑 1 minute, 27 seconds
Non-Member Enthusiast
175. wixardy 1 minute, 28 seconds
176. leoncowle 1 minute, 29 seconds
177. trewin 1 minute, 29 seconds
11 Hidden Gamers
189. jazzy 1 minute, 42 seconds
9 Anonymous Achievers
199. aburtch 1 minute, 51 seconds
6 Non-Member Puzzlers
206. scottaw 1 minute, 57 seconds
207. sepcot 1 minute, 58 seconds
3 Anonymous Participants
211. coachwatson 2 minutes, 5 seconds
3 Unregistered Players
215. Diamond_Dog 2 minutes, 23 seconds
216. FredDuffle 2 minutes, 23 seconds
13 Unknown Competitors
230. Ianc 2 minutes, 47 seconds
2 Hidden Participants
233. mllove4 2 minutes, 49 seconds
6 Incognito Adventurers
240. mclazarus 3 minutes, 10 seconds
2 Stealth Explorers
243. kricket5687 3 minutes, 28 seconds
3 Unidentified Achievers
247. juri 4 minutes, 10 seconds
16 Anonymous Participants
264. scottisloud 1 hour, 9 minutes, 31 seconds
265. agiletortoise 4 hours, 37 minutes, 24 seconds
Visiting Adventurer
267. TLee64 9 hours, 44 minutes, 51 seconds
2 Unidentified Contestants