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KIPES
Definition of KIPES
noun
plural of kipe
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Word DNA
KIPES inherits its ancestry from its root, KIPE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, KIPE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Norwegian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KIPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KIPES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found KIPES?
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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