Partners of wherefores
The crossword clue "Partners of wherefores" is answered by WHYS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHYS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHYS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WHYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHYS, most used first.
- Reasons - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and wherefores - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Explanations - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Former partners - EXES, used 72 times
- Past partners - EXES, used 34 times
- Guys' partners - GALS, used 21 times
- Hems' partners - HAWS, used 17 times
- Some business partners - SONS, used 14 times
- Pops' partners - MOMS, used 12 times
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