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NOMINATE
Definition of NOMINATE
verb
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOMINATE · 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.
NOMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
NOMINATE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears 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 NOMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NOMINATE?
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