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PAGINATE

/ˈpæd͡ʒəneɪt/8 letters

Definition of PAGINATE

verb

To number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.

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Other senses

PAGINATE carries 4 further meanings.

  1. transitive verb

    To number the pages of; page.

  2. To number or mark with consecutive numbers, as the pages of a manuscript, etc., in order to facilitate reference.

  3. transitive verb

    To number the pages of (a book or manuscript).

  4. verb

    number the pages of a book or manuscript

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin paginare, from Latin pagina.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,860)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

verb3 syllables

Same root, PAGINATE · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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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.

PAGINATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 40 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
24
First board
138
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

sshannonm816

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PAGINATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PAGINATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGINPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of PAGINATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

Words that start PAGINA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PAGINAPAGINALPAGINATEDPAGINATESPAGINATINGPAGINATIONPAGINATIONS

Could you have found PAGINATE?

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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