A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEXEME.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEXEME A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 3, 2017
5% NAHUATL Language in which "avocado" means "testicle" (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 15, 2025
4% NADYA Name that means "hope" in Slavic languages (5) The Atlantic Mar 8, 2026
4% POLSKA A central European country, in its own language (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 8, 2026
4% STAIRS Flight components (6) Wall Street Journal Mar 7, 2026
4% TERM Glossary component (4) New York Times Mar 2, 2026
4% ITEM Checklist component (4)
4% HINDUSTANI Language unit struggling with Danish (10) The Times Cryptic Feb 27, 2026
4% ISEEIT "Understood" (6) Newsday Feb 25, 2026
4% MASS Its base unit is the kilogram (4) New York Times Feb 24, 2026

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