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DENOMINATE

/dɪˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/10 letters

Definition of DENOMINATE

verb

To name; to designate.

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Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English denominat(e) (“named, called”), borrowed from Latin dēnōminātus, perfect passive participle of dēnōminō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). By surface analysis, de- + nominate.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,914)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb4 syllablescompound-atede-

Same root, DENOMINATE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DENOMINATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 156
Its 2 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
145
First board
154
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

jga

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DENOMINATE
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DENOMINATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DENOMI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DENOMINALDENOMINABLEDENOMINATEDDENOMINATESDENOMINATORDENOMINATINGDENOMINATIONDENOMINATIVEDENOMINATORSDENOMINATIONSDENOMINATIVESDENOMINATIONAL

Could you have found DENOMINATE?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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