BOUND — 5 letter word
bound
The word bound has 5 letters: B, O, U, N, D. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. As a adjective, it means "confined by bonds".
5 letter word "bound": B O U N D — adjective
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 11
Letter analysis of bound
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of bound
adjective
- confined by bonds "bound and gagged hostages"
- secured with a cover or binding
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- bound by contract Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction "often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'" Synonyms: destined
- covered or wrapped with a bandage Synonyms: bandaged
- bound by an oath "a bound official"
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate Synonyms: destined
- confined in the bowels
noun
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards Synonyms: saltation
- the greatest possible degree of something "What they did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior." Synonyms: limit, boundary
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something Synonyms: boundary, bounds
- a line determining the limits of an area Synonyms: edge, boundary
verb
- to place limits on extent or access "We bound the arena so that it only extends ten miles in all directions." Synonyms: throttle, trammel, limit, restrict, restrain
- to move forward by leaps and bounds "The horse bounded across the meadow." Synonyms: spring
- to form the boundary of "The fence bounds my farmland." Synonyms: border
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