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FOR

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

FOR is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

FOH 1 FUR 1 FER 1
conjunction
  1. formalliteraryBecause.
    • I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
preposition
  1. Towards; in the direction of.
    • The astronauts headed for the moon.
    • Run for the hills!
    • He was headed for the door when he remembered.
  2. Leading towards in time or circumstance.
    • We're heading for bankruptcy.
    • He's set for graduating this year.
  3. Directed at; intended to belong to.
    • I have something for you.
  4. In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
    • Everything I do, I do for you.
    • We're having a birthday party for Janet.
    • The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
  5. Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
    • I’ll strike a blow for you.
    • If having to bag the groceries correctly is more than you can handle, then this isn't the job for you.
  6. To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose or meaning.
    • This is a new bell for my bicycle.
    • The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
    • This medicine is for your cough.
    • These apples here are for eating. The rest are for throwing away.
    • I'll buy something for killing cockroaches. We must find something to kill them all.
    • 'Adieu' is French for goodbye.
    • Hammers are for knocking nails in, not for smashing my windows!
  7. Supporting, in favour of.
    • All those for the motion, raise your hands.
    • Who's for ice-cream?
    • I'm for going by train
    • Ten voted for, and three against.
  8. Because of.
    • He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
    • He looks better for having lost weight.
    • She was the worse for drink.
    • I like her for lots of reasons.
    • I jumped for joy.
  9. In order to cure, remove or counteract.
    • I need to spray my house for termites.
    • The doctor treated me for arthritis.
    • We're protesting for climate change.
  10. So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.
    • Make way for the president!
    • Clear the shelves for our new Christmas stock!
  11. In anticipation of.
    • Stand by for your cue.
    • Prepare for battle.
  12. As an evaluation of; as to evaluate in connection with.
    • I am grading for style on this paper.
    • History will judge you for your actions.
    • We're investigating you for the robbery.
  13. So as to identify or locate.
    • They swept the area for enemy operatives.
    • Police combed his flat for clues.
  14. Over (a period of time).
    • I've lived here for three years.
    • They fought for days over a silly pencil.
    • The store is closed for the day.
  15. Throughout or across (a distance in space).
    • I can see for miles.
  16. Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
    • It seems unreasonable for our boss to withhold our wages.
    • I don't think it's a good idea for you and me to meet.
    • For you and me to meet is not a good idea because I'm not eager for it to be a success.
  17. On behalf of.
    • I will stand in for him.
    • I speak for the Prime Minister.
  18. In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
    • I used a hay bale for a bed.
    • He's got a turnip for a brain.
  19. In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
    • I got five hundred pounds for that old car!
    • He matched me blow for blow.
  20. In order to obtain or acquire.
    • I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
    • He's going for his doctorate.
    • Do you want to go for coffee?
    • People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
    • After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball—or, rather, stumbled for it.
    • Can you go to the store for some eggs?
    • I'm saving up for a car.
    • Don't wait for an answer.
    • What did he ask you for?
    • All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North.
    • Let's go out for dinner.
  21. By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
    • Fair for its day.
    • She's spry for an old lady.
    • He's very mature, for a two-year-old.
  22. To be, or as being.
    • Don't take me for a fool.
  23. Despite, in spite of.
    • For all his expensive education, he didn't seem very bright.
  24. Indicating something desired or anticipated.
    • O for the wings of a dove.
    • Ah! for wings to soar …
    • And now for a slap-up meal!
  25. Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .
    • Go scuba diving? For one thing, I can't even swim.
    • For another, we don't have any equipment.
  26. USIn honor of; after.
    • He is named for his grandfather.
  27. UKDue for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
    • He totally screwed up that project. Now he's surely for the sack.
  28. USOut of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
    • In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
  29. For the price of.
    • Special offer: three for two.
  30. Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
    • At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
  31. obsoleteIndicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  32. nonstandardSo (that), in order to.
    • He took the swing shift for he could get more overtime.
  33. Used in various other more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
    • to account for one's whereabouts to care for a relative to settle for second best to allow for mistakes
  34. Used to introduce a variable subject to quantification, or to establish a restricting domain for a subsequent mathematical statement.
particle
  1. datedTo; (the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive).