The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KELPS
Definition of KELPS
noun
plural of kelp
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
KELPS inherits its ancestry from its root, KELP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KELP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KELPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KELPS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found KELPS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER