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

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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% MAORI Language in which "kia ora" means "hello" (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 23, 2025
4% SODA Float component (4) New York Times Nov 23, 2025
4% ECO Prefix with "friendly" which means "not harmful to the environment" (3)
4% ENG Language in which this clue is written, for short (3)
4% ADDIN Extra component (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 21, 2025
4% GAELIC Language that "galore" is derived from (6) USA Today Nov 17, 2025
4% PYTHON Reptile that shares its name with a coding language (6) The Times Specialist Nov 17, 2025
4% STAYS Corset components (5) LA Times Daily Nov 13, 2025
4% KELVIN Temperature unit ... or what "K" means in thermodynamics (6)

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