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WHY

3 letters

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

WHY 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

WHYS-s 1
adverb
  1. interrogativeIntroducing a complete question.
    • Why is the sky blue?
    • Why did you do that?
    • I don’t know why he did that
    • Tell me why the moon changes phase.
  2. interrogativeWith a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
  3. interrogativeIntroducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
    • Why spend money on something you already get for free?
    • Why not tell him how you feel?
  4. interrogativeIntroducing a noun or other phrase.
    • Why him? Why not someone taller?
  5. relativeFor which cause, reason, or purpose.
    • That's the reason why I did that.
  6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.
    • That is why the sky is blue.
    • Why most of us volunteer is that we need some fresh air.
noun
  1. Reason.
    • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
    • I don't want to know the whys or the wherefores of your decision.
  2. YorkshireobsoleteA young heifer.
  3. alternativeAlternative form of wye; the name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
interjection
  1. datedliteraryAn exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
    • Why, that’s ridiculous!
    • Why, how kind of you!
    • Why yes, that’s true.
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo ask (someone) the question "why?".