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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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2 Secret Competitors
3. jrduncans 12 seconds
2 Stealth Enthusiasts
6. stuart 16 seconds
7. charlesa 16 seconds
8. mafrauen 16 seconds
2 Visiting Riddlers
11. billo 18 seconds
12. belehaa 18 seconds
2 Non-Paying Thinkers
15. eltsac 19 seconds
Free Adventurer
17. Quam 20 seconds
18. eiramanit 20 seconds
4 Non-Member Enthusiasts
23. steev 21 seconds
24. Ianc 22 seconds
7 Unregistered Solvers
32. some chap 24 seconds
4 Mystery Puzzlers
37. hroe 26 seconds
38. girlcalledcharlie 26 seconds
39. stanne 27 seconds
8 Mystery Puzzlers
48. Amj501 29 seconds
49. TX101010 29 seconds
5 Shadow Achievers
55. rawrdimus 31 seconds
56. AirSpencer 31 seconds
9 Unknown Enthusiasts
66. sem 33 seconds
Non-Paying Gamer
68. jonny 34 seconds
69. KateReads 34 seconds
9 Undisclosed Puzzlers
79. JSlo 36 seconds
80. jstnhbbs 36 seconds
81. Yhg1s 36 seconds
3 Free Players
85. dswallow 37 seconds
13 Anonymous Players
99. TomFrog 40 seconds
100. mythgard 40 seconds
3 Anonymous Achievers
104. offput 42 seconds
105. zydecopaws 43 seconds
2 Unidentified Participants
108. peezismyname 44 seconds
109. brianstorm 44 seconds
110. dwin76 44 seconds
9 Incognito Strategists
120. scottaw 47 seconds
121. Belldog 47 seconds
3 Anonymous Adventurers
125. Greg P 49 seconds
11 Hidden Puzzlers
137. sepcot 52 seconds
Non-Member Challenger
139. ggodwin 53 seconds
140. bumblefett 53 seconds
2 Shadow Challengers
143. Bigmike 54 seconds
144. bfordham 54 seconds
145. stc 54 seconds
3 Shadow Challengers
149. w00zy 55 seconds
Secret Explorer
151. CaptainBlasto 56 seconds
5 Non-Member Strategists
157. Galadriel 57 seconds
158. Damian 57 seconds
159. crossjam 58 seconds
8 Non-Paying Contestants
168. iayork 1 minute, 0 seconds
9 Unregistered Gamers
178. JeremyK 👑 1 minute, 5 seconds
2 Unknown Achievers
181. pikapikapi 1 minute, 6 seconds
3 Anonymous Strategists
185. rlivsey 1 minute, 7 seconds
6 Incognito Explorers
192. jsuttonmorse 1 minute, 10 seconds
Visiting Explorer
194. sjcarter@mac.com 1 minute, 11 seconds
18 Mystery Gamers
213. Mark S 1 minute, 28 seconds
3 Secret Competitors
217. shardsofmetal 1 minute, 31 seconds
10 Unsubscribed Gamers
228. musubi 1 minute, 44 seconds
2 Shadow Participants
231. Rdickers23 1 minute, 48 seconds
3 Hidden Strategists
235. trewin 1 minute, 55 seconds
236. neil 1 minute, 55 seconds
237. aaa 1 minute, 55 seconds
2 Hidden Participants
240. rfegley 2 minutes, 0 seconds
2 Unregistered Contestants
243. JudyC 2 minutes, 6 seconds
9 Shadow Thinkers
253. robbinamsterdam 2 minutes, 30 seconds
6 Unidentified Participants
260. MichelleMS212 3 minutes, 27 seconds
5 Secret Victors
266. wien97 3 minutes, 58 seconds
11 Unidentified Gamers
278. ilcdan 8 minutes, 6 seconds
9 Stealth Competitors
288. solar 1 hour, 1 minute, 17 seconds
Non-Member Adventurer
290. audidog2025 2 hours, 38 minutes, 59 seconds
4 Unknown Riddlers