why
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Is why a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of why?
Definition
adv (English)
1. (interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.Examples: "Why is the sky blue?"; "Why did you do that?"; "I don’t know why he did that"interrogativenot-comparable
2. (interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.Examples: "Why don't you ask her out for dinner?"interrogativenot-comparable
3. (interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.Examples: "Why spend money on something you already get for free?"; "Why not tell him how you feel?"interrogativenot-comparable
4. (interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.Examples: "Why him? Why not someone taller?"interrogativenot-comparable
5. (relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose.Examples: "That's the reason why I did that."not-comparablerelative
6. (fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which.Examples: "That is why the sky is blue."; "Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field."not-comparable
intj (English)
1. (dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.Examples: "Why, that’s ridiculous!"; "Why, how kind of you!"; "Why yes, that’s true."datedliterary
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, transitive) To ask (someone) the question "why?".Examples: "Why indeed? But once you start whying, there's no end to it."intransitivetransitive
noun (English)
1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) A young heifer.Examples: "At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull."Yorkshireobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary