factory: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with F · ends with Y
Meaning of factory
noun
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
Example: History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.
- UK, slang
A police station.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
Example: chicken factory; pig factory
Listed forms: factories.
Source: Wiktionary — factory.
adj
- colloquial, not-comparable, usually
Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
Example: See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory.
Source: Wiktionary — factory.
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 factory.
noun
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- mill
- manufacturing plant
- manufactory
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is factory in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of factory
F(4) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 15 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 factory
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 factory
79 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in factory. Showing up to 24, longest first.