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SNOWBOUND
Definition of SNOWBOUND
adjective
Prevented from moving or traveling due to snow or snowy weather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From snow + -bound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SNOW · 10 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNOWBOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNOWBOUND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDNNOOSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once.
Words that start SNOWBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNOWBOUND?
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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