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score
score is a 5-letter English word with 34 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 34 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- 2noun
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
- 3noun
Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- 4noun
The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
- 5noun
A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
- 6noun
A weight of twenty pounds.
- 7noun
The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
- 8noun
A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
- 9noun
The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.
- 10transitive verb
To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
- 11transitive verb
Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
- 12transitive verb
To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
- 13transitive verb
To engrave, as upon a shield.
- 14transitive verb
To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
- 15transitive verb
To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score., 9.
- 16noun
To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
- 17noun
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
"calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
- 18noun
the act of scoring in a game or sport
"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
- 19noun
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
"she made good marks in algebra"
"grade A milk"
- 20noun
the facts about an actual situation
"he didn't know the score"
- 21noun
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
"he studied the score of the sonata"
- 22noun
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"holding a grudge"
"settling a score"
- 23noun
a set of twenty members
"a score were sent out but only one returned"
- 24noun
grounds
"don't do it on my account"
"the paper was rejected on account of its length"
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- 25noun
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
"the score was 7 to 0"
- 26noun
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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- 27noun
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
"add it to my score and I'll settle later"
- 28verb
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"grade tests"
"score the SAT essays"
- 29verb
make underscoring marks
Synonyms
- 30verb
gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"
"He hit a home run"
- 31verb
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
"She scored high on the SAT"
"He scored a 200"
- 32verb
make small marks into the surface of
"score the clay before firing it"
- 33verb
induce to have sex
"Harry finally seduced Sally"
"Did you score last night?"
- 34verb
write a musical score for
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