railway: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 13 letter points · starts with R · ends with Y
Meaning of railway
noun
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, Philippines, UK
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
Listed forms: railways.
Source: Wiktionary — railway.
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 railway.
noun
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
- railroad
- railroad line
- railway line
- railway system
noun
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
- railroad track
- railroad
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is railway in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of railway
R(1) + A(1) + I(1) + L(1) + W(4) + A(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 railway
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 railway
52 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in railway. Showing up to 24, longest first.