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KELPIES

7 letters

Definition of KELPIES

noun

plural of kelpie

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.

  1. noun

    Plural form of kelpie.

Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, KELPY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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

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Find it yourself

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 41 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 41 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
41
Boards found on
26
First board
151
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

KELPIES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start KELPIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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