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NOMINATED

/ˈnɑm.ɪˌneɪ.tɪd/9 letters

Definition of NOMINATED

adjective

Having received a nomination.

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Word DNA

NOMINATED inherits its ancestry from its root, NOMINATE.

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 (26,371)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllables-ate

Same root, NOMINATE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

NOMINATED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
154
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.

Built from these letters

NOMINATED
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NOMINATED starts with N and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start NOMINA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NOMINANOMINALNOMINALSNOMINATENOMINABLENOMINALLYNOMINATESNOMINATORNOMINALISENOMINALISMNOMINALISTNOMINALIZE

Could you have found NOMINATED?

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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.

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