memory: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with M · ends with Y
Meaning of memory
noun
- uncountable
The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
Example: Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- countable, uncountable
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
Example: I have no memory of that event.
- countable, uncountable
The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
Example: This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
- countable, uncountable
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
Example: in recent memory
Listed forms: memories, memorie.
Source: Wiktionary — memory.
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 memory.
noun
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
noun
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
noun
an electronic memory device
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is memory in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of memory
M(3) + E(1) + M(3) + O(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 13 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 memory
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 memory
29 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in memory. Showing up to 24, longest first.