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HOUSEBOUND
Definition of HOUSEBOUND
adjective
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From house + bound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOUSEBOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEBOUND starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEHNOOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start HOUSEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HOUSEBOUND?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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