Q: Spotlight not finding all apps, particularly Pages

I am running El Capitan 10.11.2 on a 2009 Macbook Pro.  I often use Spotlight keyboard shortcut to open apps, like cmd-space "activity . . "  and throw in "kind:app" if needed -- much quicker for me than moving a mouse.  For some reason, Spotlight is not finding Pages.app.  I tried re-indexing the Application folder by creating an exception and then adding back.  I can find Numbers and Keynote just fine this way.  Any ideas why Spotlight isn't catching Pages?