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OUTBOUND

/ˈaʊtbaʊnd/8 letters

Definition of OUTBOUND

adjective

Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From out- + bound.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OUTBOUND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 9 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
27
First board
111
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

OUTBOUND
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OUTBOUND starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDNOOTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.

Words that start OUTBOU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OUTBOUGHTOUTBOUNDS

Could you have found OUTBOUND?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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