factor: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with R
Meaning of factor
noun
An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
A commission agent.
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
Listed forms: factors, factour.
Source: Wiktionary — factor.
verb
- transitive
To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- transitive
To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
- intransitive
To be a product of other objects.
- transitive
To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
Listed forms: factors, factoring, factored, factour.
Source: Wiktionary — factor.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for factor.
noun
an abstract part of something
noun
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
noun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
noun
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- gene
- cistron
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is factor in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of factor
F(4) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of factor
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from factor
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