score: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of score
noun
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
Example: The player with the highest score is the winner.
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
Example: The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
Example: The test scores for this class were high.
Twenty (20).
Listed forms: scores.
Source: Wiktionary — score.
verb
- transitive
To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
Example: The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
- intransitive
To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- ambitransitive
To obtain something desired.
- ambitransitive
To obtain something desired. To earn points in a game.
Example: It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Listed forms: scores, scoring, scored, glossary, scorest.
Source: Wiktionary — score.
intj
- US, slang
An acknowledgement of success.
Source: Wiktionary — score.
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 score.
noun
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
noun
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
- musical score
noun
grounds
noun
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is score in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of score
S(1) + C(3) + O(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 7 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 score
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from score
25 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in score. Showing up to 24, longest first.