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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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Visiting Participant
2. some chap 9 seconds
2 Unknown Puzzlers
5. dnwlf 12 seconds
6. Aaron915 12 seconds
3 Mysterious Competitors
10. TX101010 13 seconds
11. Andrew Kemp 13 seconds
Free Participant
13. sem 14 seconds
Incognito Enthusiast
15. mccllstr 15 seconds
3 Non-Member Adventurers
19. froggybrolly 16 seconds
7 Unknown Challengers
27. drumsensei 18 seconds
28. peezismyname 18 seconds
Secret Explorer
30. robbinamsterdam 19 seconds
31. rawrdimus 19 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Solvers
35. Amj501 20 seconds
36. kantgant 20 seconds
37. ReddyEddy 20 seconds
2 Undisclosed Thinkers
40. Quam 21 seconds
4 Undisclosed Achievers
45. iayork 22 seconds
6 Unidentified Strategists
52. stuart 23 seconds
53. eltsac 23 seconds
6 Mysterious Victors
60. brianstorm 24 seconds
61. crossjam 24 seconds
3 Unsubscribed Achievers
65. jsuttonmorse 25 seconds
11 Unknown Gamers
77. TomFrog 27 seconds
78. JSlo 27 seconds
79. AGS 27 seconds
80. FredDuffle 27 seconds
14 Unsubscribed Strategists
95. Peter 29 seconds
96. trewin 29 seconds
97. Galadriel 29 seconds
10 Mystery Contestants
108. rellim 30 seconds
16 Mystery Adventurers
125. celldaws 33 seconds
9 Unidentified Participants
135. dotcom 35 seconds
4 Incognito Solvers
140. Banstyle 36 seconds
141. wyatt 36 seconds
4 Shadow Victors
146. spd 37 seconds
6 Hidden Puzzlers
153. gwbattershill 38 seconds
154. juri 38 seconds
7 Hidden Adventurers
162. MrMumbly 39 seconds
163. tbals 39 seconds
10 Non-Paying Contestants
174. offput 45 seconds
175. erdoc 45 seconds
15 Mystery Competitors
191. musubi 49 seconds
14 Shadow Strategists
206. Mark S 53 seconds
2 Secret Thinkers
209. hroe 54 seconds
6 Hidden Adventurers
216. Ianc 56 seconds
2 Undisclosed Puzzlers
219. rlivsey 57 seconds
220. Bigmike 57 seconds
3 Undisclosed Strategists
224. BWII 59 seconds
225. Rdickers23 1 minute, 0 seconds
6 Unregistered Puzzlers
232. rfegley 1 minute, 3 seconds
5 Incognito Gamers
238. w00zy 1 minute, 9 seconds
17 Non-Member Competitors
256. JeremyK 👑 1 minute, 19 seconds
10 Shadow Participants
267. Camnlil 1 minute, 32 seconds
23 Unidentified Participants
291. tbeckett 2 minutes, 12 seconds
7 Non-Member Gamers
299. RickG 2 minutes, 46 seconds
4 Unknown Challengers
304. CaptainBlasto 3 minutes, 7 seconds
305. ggodwin 3 minutes, 14 seconds
6 Unidentified Riddlers
312. coachwatson 5 minutes, 11 seconds
2 Unsubscribed Enthusiasts
315. reaganmesser 5 minutes, 56 seconds
8 Visiting Explorers
324. sjcarter@mac.com 16 minutes, 36 seconds
325. sepcot 20 minutes, 17 seconds
4 Unregistered Participants
330. jonny 1 hour, 26 minutes, 0 seconds
331. bobbytee 4 hours, 34 minutes, 35 seconds
332. scottaw 38 hours, 24 minutes, 20 seconds
2 Hidden Players