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

1. noun. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
2. noun. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
3. noun. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
4. noun. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
5. noun. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
6. noun. A weight of twenty pounds.
7. noun. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
8. noun. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
9. noun. 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.
10. transitive 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.
11. transitive verb. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
12. transitive verb. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
13. transitive verb. To engrave, as upon a shield.
14. transitive verb. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
15. transitive verb. To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
16. noun. To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
17. noun. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse

    "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"

18. noun. the act of scoring in a game or sport

    "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"

19. noun. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

    "she made good marks in algebra"

    "grade A milk"

    Synonyms: grade, mark

20. noun. the facts about an actual situation

    "he didn't know the score"

21. noun. 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"

22. noun. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

    "holding a grudge"

    "settling a score"

    Synonyms: grievance, grudge

23. noun. a set of twenty members

    "a score were sent out but only one returned"

24. noun. grounds

    "don't do it on my account"

    "the paper was rejected on account of its length"

    Synonyms: account

25. noun. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

    "the score was 7 to 0"

26. noun. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

    Synonyms: scotch

27. noun. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

    "add it to my score and I'll settle later"

28. verb. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

    "grade tests"

    "score the SAT essays"

    Synonyms: grade, mark

29. verb. make underscoring marks

    Synonyms: mark

30. verb. gain points in a game

    "The home team scored many times"

    "He hit a home run"

    Synonyms: hit, tally

31. verb. get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

    "She scored high on the SAT"

    "He scored a 200"

32. verb. make small marks into the surface of

    "score the clay before firing it"

    Synonyms: mark, nock

33. verb. induce to have sex

    "Harry finally seduced Sally"

    "Did you score last night?"

    Synonyms: make, seduce

34. verb. write a musical score for

Synonyms

grade, mark, grievance, grudge, account, scotch, hit, tally, nock, make, seduce

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in score:

ceros, cores, corse, crose

Common word forms

scored, scorer, scores, scoring, scoreless

Words from these letters

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