Definition of score

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• score is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• score is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• score is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of score

• a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages (noun)

  Examples

  1. he studied the score of the sonata

  Synonyms

  1. musical score
• a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation (noun)

  Examples

  1. settling a score

  Synonyms

  1. grievance
  2. grudge
• a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. scotch
• gain points in a game (verb)

  Examples

  1. The home team scored many times

  Synonyms

  1. hit
  2. rack up
  3. tally
• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation (verb)

  Examples

  1. score the SAT essays

  Synonyms

  1. grade
  2. mark
• grounds (noun)

  Examples

  1. he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful

  Synonyms

  1. account
• induce to have sex (verb)

  Examples

  1. Did you score last night?

  Synonyms

  1. make
  2. seduce
• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) (noun)

  Examples

  1. what was your score on your homework?

  Synonyms

  1. grade
  2. mark
• make small marks into the surface of (verb)

  Examples

  1. score the clay before firing it

  Synonyms

  1. mark
  2. nock
• a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse (noun)

  Examples

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

  Synonyms

  1. sexual conquest
• make underscoring marks (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. mark
• an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) (noun)

  Examples

  1. add it to my score and I'll settle later
• a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (noun)

  Examples

  1. the score was 7 to 0
• a set of twenty members (noun)

  Examples

  1. a score were sent out but only one returned
• get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance (verb)

  Examples

  1. She scored high on the SAT
  2. He scored a 200
• the act of scoring in a game or sport (noun)

  Examples

  1. the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
• the facts about an actual situation (noun)

  Examples

  1. he didn't know the score
• write a musical score for (verb)

See definition of score in Merriam Webster