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9 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
originFrom Middle English wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to where- (“what”) + for. Compare Dutch waarvoor (“what for, wherefore”), German wofür (“for what, what for, why”), Danish and Norwegian hvorfor (“wherefore, why”), Swedish varför (“wherefore, why”). More at where, for.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- whereof 16
- howf 13
- hereof 12
- fewer 11
- hewer 11
- where 11
- frow 10
- howe 10
- whee 10
- reefer 9
- rewore 9
- feh 9