whyfor
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
why; for what reason
noun
A reason
Example Sentences
- "An' if the folks that finally bumped him off knew he didn't aim to tell what he knew, whyfor did they figure they had to get rid of him?"
- "It is true that Congress authorized President […] Bush to commence air attacks on Iraq but there was no technical declaration of war. This should come as no surprise because the word "war," as well as an endless list of war metaphors, are an intrinsic part of everyday English usage. The wheres, whens and why-fores of how they are actually used is quite circumscribed."
Inflected Forms
whyfors (plural)
Phrases
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form