wordparts
nounUK /ˈwɜːd pɑːts/
US /ˈwɝːd pɑːrts/
Small pieces that you put together to make a word.
The teacher showed us how to break long words into wordparts.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The separate sections of a compound word.
Sun and flower are the wordparts of sunflower.
3. The letters or letter groups that carry meaning inside a word.
In 'unhappy', 'un' and 'happy' are wordparts.
4. The pieces of a word used in a spelling or vocabulary game.
We mixed the wordparts to build new words.