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TULPAS
Definition of TULPAS
noun
plural of tulpa
noun
A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
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Another sense
TULPAS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of tulpa.
Word DNA
TULPAS inherits its ancestry from its root, TULPA.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (254)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TULPA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TULPAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TULPAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TULPAS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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