Scrabble & Words with friends points
- bound is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- bound is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- bound is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of bound
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to (verb)
Synonyms
- border
- bound by contract (adjective)
Synonyms
- apprenticed
- articled
- indentured
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards (noun)
Synonyms
- bounce
- leap
- leaping
- saltation
- spring
- spring back; spring away from an impact (verb)
Synonyms
- bounce
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- spring
- take a hop
- covered or wrapped with a bandage (adjective)
Examples
- an injury bound in fresh gauze
Synonyms
- bandaged
- the greatest possible degree of something (noun)
Examples
- what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
Synonyms
- boundary
- limit
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate (adjective)
Examples
- bound to happen
Synonyms
- destined
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' (adjective)
Examples
- children bound for school
Synonyms
- destined
- place limits on (extent or amount or access) (verb)
Synonyms
- confine
- limit
- restrict
- throttle
- trammel
- move forward by leaps and bounds (verb)
Examples
- The horse bounded across the meadow
Synonyms
- jump
- leap
- spring
- a line determining the limits of an area (noun)
Synonyms
- boundary
- edge
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun)
Synonyms
- boundary
- bounds
- bound by an oath (adjective)
Examples
- a bound official
- confined by bonds (adjective)
Examples
- bound and gagged hostages
- confined in the bowels (adjective)
Examples
- he is bound in the belly
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union (adjective)
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form (adjective)
Examples
- bound volumes
- leather-bound volumes
See definition of bound in Merriam Webster