The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEAP , but the solution may also be HOP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEAP | 42 % | 4 |
| TIED | 25 % | 4 |
| LOPE | 8 % | 4 |
| ROPED | 4 % | 5 |
| TRUSSED | 3 % | 7 |
| DELIMIT | 3 % | 7 |
| HOP | 3 % | 3 |
| DESTINED | 2 % | 8 |
| LASHED | 1 % | 6 |
| WED | 1 % | 3 |
| TIEDUP | 1 % | 6 |
| ENSLAVED | 1 % | 8 |
| OBLIGATED | 1 % | 9 |
| CONFINE | 1 % | 7 |
| ENLACED | 1 % | 7 |
| FATED | 1 % | 5 |
| SKIP | 1 % | 4 |
| PRANCE | 1 % | 6 |
| GIRT | 1 % | 4 |
| SPRING | 1 % | 6 |
| SURE | 1 % | 4 |
| JUMP | 1 % | 4 |
Why may LEAP be the right solution?
The word "bound" can mean to jump or leap. Therefore, "leap" is a suitable answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- obligated
- sworn
- obligate
- certain
- sure
- articled
- destined
- tied
- indentured
- limit
- recoil
- restrain
Crossword Answer definitions
LEAP noun- The act of leaping or jumping.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A group of leopards.
- A significant move forward.
- A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- A salmon ladder.
- To jump.
- To pass over by a leap or jump.
- To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- To cause to leap.
- (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
- A basket.
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- Half a bushel.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LEAP
- Bound upward
- Jete, for one
- Jump
- "Quantum ___"
- It's a big one for mankind
- Lovers' venue
- Act of faith?
- Start of a bungee jump
- Sudden increase
- Take a giant step
More clues leading to the result TIED
- 5-5, e.g.
- Evened up
- 10-10 or 5-5.
- Come out even
- Even
- Tongue ___
- 10-10 or 5-5
- Heading to sudden death, say
- Headed for overtime
- 50-50, say
More clues leading to the result LOPE
- Easygoing gait
- Playwright __ de Vega
- Run easily
- Canter
- Relaxed gait
- Slow gait
- Easy pace
- Gangly pace
- Bound
- Run in long strides
More clues leading to the result ROPED
- Bound
- Caught a calf
- Competed in a rodeo
- Did a cowpoke's duty
- Caught a steer
- Caught, as a dogie
- Partitioned, with "off"
- Caught a dogie, perhaps
- Enclosed, with "off"
- Snagged nags
More clues leading to the result TRUSSED
- Bound
- Bound to depend on hearing (7)
- Like some Thanksgiving turkeys
- Tied up
- Tied up.
- Packed into a bundle (with "up").
- Securely tied.
- Bound.
- Bound up
- Secured tightly
More clues leading to the result DELIMIT
- Define
- Separate into fields
- Fix the boundaries of
- Separate by commas, perhaps
- Set the boundaries of
- Bound.
- Establish bounds
- Put boundaries on
- Set boundaries
- Mark the boundaries of
More clues leading to the result HOP
- "___ On Pop"
- School dance
- Short flight
- Jump on one leg
- Quick plane trip
- Ball bounce
- Hour-long flight, say
- Puddle jumper's flight path
- Puddle jumper's trip
- Puddlejumper's trip
More clues leading to the result DESTINED
- Ordained
- Unalterably fixed
- Bound
- Predetermined
- Foreordained.
- Fated.
- In the cards
- Preordained
- Fated
- Foreordained
More clues leading to the result LASHED
- Wielded a whip
- Tied down
- Tied fast
- Attacked verbally, with "out"
- ___ out at (reproved harshly)
- Bound tightly
- Struck with a cat-o'-nine-tails
- Secured with rope
- Was sharply critical, with "out"
- Tied up
More clues leading to the result WED
- Said "I do"
- Did "I do"
- Get hitched
- Got hitched
- Tie the knot
- Unite
- Joined
- Hitched
- Day of the week Judas betrayed Jesus: Abbr.
- Elope
More clues leading to the result TIEDUP
- Busy
- Bound
- Not free
- Unable to take a call
- Headed for overtime
- All even
- Not available
- Even
- Completely occupied
- Too busy to talk
More clues leading to the result ENSLAVED
- Shackled
- Put in shackles
- Subjugated
- Put under the yoke
- Doing forced labor.
- Held in bondage.
- In servitude.
- Bound
- Fettered
- Forced into bondage
More clues leading to the result OBLIGATED
More clues leading to the result CONFINE
More clues leading to the result ENLACED
More clues leading to the result FATED
- Destined
- Meant to be
- Inexorable
- Cosmically inescapable
- Bound to happen
- Predetermined
- Certain to happen
- Meant to happen
- In the cards
- Bound to be
More clues leading to the result SKIP
- Fail to include
- Leave quickly
- LP problem
- Pass over
- Omit
- Ditch, as class
- Go past
- Green card in a party game
- Ignore, as pre-roll ads
- Uno card
More clues leading to the result PRANCE
- Strut like a pony
- Be frisky
- Cavort
- Strut
- Horse's strut
- Derby winner's move
- Frolic
- Ride proudly
- Swagger
- Horse's gait
More clues leading to the result GIRT
- Encircled
- Encircle
- Surrounded (by)
- Belted or banded
- Encircled with a belt
- Rafter support
- Belted
- Support beam
- Prepared (oneself) for action
- Structural engineering piece
More clues leading to the result SPRING
- Season
- Fountainhead
- Natural fountain
- Schumann's 1st Symphony
- Bounce
- Pogo stick part
- With 39-Across, like some safety valves
- "It Might As Well Be___"
- Vernal equinox follower
- Water source