BOUND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOUND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOUND?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOUND is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOUND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOUND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOUND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does BOUND mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Certain or very likely to do something, or to happen.
Bound in this sense began as the past participle of bind, so what is bound has effectively been tied to a particular outcome and cannot escape it. The same participle produced two other everyday uses that look identical on the page: bound for names a destination, as in homeward bound, and duty-bound names an obligation rather than a certainty. A separate, unrelated bound meaning a leap comes from French bondir, and only the spelling connects the two histories.
How BOUND is used
Usually followed by to and an infinitive, as in bound to fail; also common in bound for a place and duty-bound.
- It was bound to rain on the one afternoon they had planned a picnic.
- She felt bound to answer the letter, however late it arrived.
- The ferry was bound for Dover and nowhere nearer.
- Everyone at the table was bound by the same old promise.
- A delay that long was bound to cause an argument eventually.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOUND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOUND
19 longer words begin with BOUND.
Words ending in BOUND
Showing 24 of 52 words that end in BOUND. Useful as a back hook: play BOUND onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOUND inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain BOUND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOUND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOUND
Common questions about BOUND
- Is BOUND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOUND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOUND worth?
- BOUND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOUND mean?
- Certain or very likely to do something, or to happen.
- What letters can be added to BOUND?
- BOUND takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOUND:
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