Kelpies
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of kelpie, referring to malevolent water spirits from Scottish folklore that take the form of a horse and lure unsuspecting riders to their deaths by drowning.
“The old storyteller warned the children never to approach strange horses near rivers, for they might be kelpies.”
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K at start, ends in -IES, contains the ELP cluster before the ending
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K scores 5 and P scores 3, the -IES ending is a hookable board extension
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