BOUND

Meaning

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

• adjective(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

BOUND as a word-puzzle answer

BOUND is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (O, U) and 3 consonants (B, N, D). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (O, N), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.