The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REASONS , but the solution may also be MOTIVES which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in New York Times).
Whys and wherefores crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REASONS | 33 % | 7 |
| MOTIVES | 33 % | 7 |
| RATIONALE | 33 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whys and wherefores
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- account
- consideration
- occasion
- business case
- circumstance
- foremath
- setting
- whatabouts
- beforemath
- beginning
- forestory
- forebook
Crossword Answer definitions
REASONS noun- A cause:
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
- Ratio; proportion.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
- To converse; to compare opinions.
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REASONS
- Uses the left brain
- Justifications
- Thinks logically
- Logical explanations
- Thinks through
- They may be personal
- Argues logically
- Wherefores and whys
- Uses judgment
- Tries to influence, with "with"
More clues leading to the result MOTIVES
- Reasons why
- Investigation factors
- Reasons
- Moving impulses.
- Reasons why.
- Goals.
- Inducements.
- Incentives.
- Reasons.
- Reasons for action