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MUSCLEBOUND
Definition of MUSCLEBOUND
adjective
Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From muscle + 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.
MUSCLEBOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSCLEBOUND starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDELMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found MUSCLEBOUND?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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