Yes, factor is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Resolve into factors

2. Be a contributing factor

3. Consider as relevant when making a decision

Noun

1. Anything that contributes causally to a result

2. An abstract part of something

3. One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

4. A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

5. Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

6. An independent variable in statistics

7. (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