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BOUND
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
B
3
O
1
U
1
N
1
D
2
Σ
8
Definitions
Noun
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- a line determining the limits of an area
Verb
- place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Adjective
- confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- bound by contract
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
- covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
- bound by an oath; "a bound official"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word BOUND
Yes, BOUND is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 8 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
BOUND is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.