A headword in a dictionary Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A headword in a dictionary last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEMMA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEMMA A headword in a dictionary (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 24, 2019
4% ENTRY Dictionary headword (5)
3% WORD Dictionary entry (4) Thomas Joseph Nov 26, 2025
3% PINA Cocktail Dictionary headword (4) Newsday Jul 27, 2024
2% SUDOKU Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year" (6) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
2% WORDSWORTH One preface of the <i>Oxford Dictionary of Quotations </i>quoted a reviser mentioning "huge snowdrifts" of this poet (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 30, 2025
2% MEDIC Doctor is in some dictionaries (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 3, 2025
2% THUMBINDEX Set of notches in a dictionary (10) New York Times Oct 23, 2025
2% PASTA Cannelloni, perhaps, and where it appears in the dictionary? (5) (5) The Guardian Quiptic Oct 5, 2025
2% URBAN ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference) (5) New York Times Sep 16, 2025

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