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INBOUNDS

8 letters

Definition of INBOUNDS

adjective

Within bounds

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From in bounds.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

Same root, INBOUND · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INBOUNDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

phighter

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INBOUNDS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

INBOUNDS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDINNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start INBOUN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INBOUNDINBOUNDEDINBOUNDING

Could you have found INBOUNDS?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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