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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
Non-Paying Competitor
2. some chap 12 seconds
Non-Member Player
4. sem 13 seconds
5. jrduncans 13 seconds
4 Incognito Strategists
10. steev 16 seconds
11. rawrdimus 16 seconds
12. erdoc 17 seconds
2 Anonymous Explorers
15. TX101010 18 seconds
16. robbinamsterdam 18 seconds
10 Shadow Thinkers
27. brianstorm 21 seconds
2 Non-Paying Challengers
30. Iain 22 seconds
Free Strategist
32. rfegley 23 seconds
8 Unknown Thinkers
41. AirSpencer 26 seconds
4 Unidentified Achievers
46. Galadriel 27 seconds
47. Damian 27 seconds
3 Hidden Competitors
51. jonny 28 seconds
52. crossjam 29 seconds
2 Non-Paying Adventurers
55. eltsac 30 seconds
56. jsuttonmorse 30 seconds
6 Shadow Participants
63. JSlo 31 seconds
64. scottaw 31 seconds
6 Non-Paying Contestants
71. ggodwin 33 seconds
6 Unregistered Thinkers
78. Pdkoenig 34 seconds
2 Secret Challengers
81. bumblefett 35 seconds
5 Incognito Adventurers
87. hroe 37 seconds
88. CsRoss 37 seconds
89. JonathanB 37 seconds
4 Free Contestants
94. Ianc 38 seconds
95. zydecopaws 38 seconds
11 Stealth Players
107. Clevider 42 seconds
2 Unidentified Challengers
110. edwardloveall 43 seconds
111. aaa 43 seconds
2 Unidentified Competitors
114. belehaa 44 seconds
115. Mark S 44 seconds
116. stc 44 seconds
5 Visiting Thinkers
122. bfordham 46 seconds
123. drquadfather 46 seconds
2 Anonymous Puzzlers
126. Richard 47 seconds
4 Visiting Thinkers
131. musubi 50 seconds
132. peezismyname 50 seconds
4 Non-Paying Adventurers
137. trewin 51 seconds
3 Non-Member Challengers
141. w00zy 52 seconds
10 Secret Thinkers
152. Quam 57 seconds
6 Undisclosed Contestants
159. Bigmike 1 minute, 0 seconds
4 Mysterious Players
164. gwbattershill 1 minute, 2 seconds
4 Unregistered Solvers
169. JeremyK 👑 1 minute, 5 seconds
170. juri 1 minute, 5 seconds
Unknown Strategist
172. PhoebeK 1 minute, 7 seconds
Unidentified Adventurer
174. TLogan28 1 minute, 8 seconds
5 Unregistered Participants
180. Banstyle 1 minute, 10 seconds
Mysterious Thinker
182. sepcot 1 minute, 19 seconds
17 Mysterious Victors
200. mythgard 1 minute, 48 seconds
13 Incognito Riddlers
214. GeoffreyWinn 3 minutes, 48 seconds
12 Unknown Solvers
227. sjcarter@mac.com 9 minutes, 48 seconds
2 Unidentified Victors
230. battis 7 hours, 23 minutes, 31 seconds