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CHAIRBOUND
Definition of CHAIRBOUND
adjective
Unable to leave one's chair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chair + -bound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAIRBOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAIRBOUND starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDHINORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHAIRB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CHAIRBOUND?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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