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KELPIES
Definition of KELPIES
noun
plural of kelpie
noun
A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
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Another sense
KELPIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of kelpie.
Word DNA
KELPIES inherits its ancestry from its root, KELPIE.
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (117)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KELPIE · 2 relatives in the game
KELPIES in a sentence
“It is unforgettable -- for the boy and for readers -- as are the magical reappearance of the berserker Thorgil from a burial by moss; new characters Pega, a slave girl from Jack's village, and the eager-to-marry-her Bugaboo (a hobgoblin king); kelpies; yarthkins; and elves (not the enchanted sprites one would expect but the fallen angels of legend).”
The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer: Book summary, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KELPIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KELPIES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIKLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found KELPIES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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