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Word entry · 5 letters

score

Best crossword clue

"Game tally"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skɔː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ceorsStarts with SEnds with E5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The number of points in a game or contest.

Word origin

From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear.

Used in a sentence

  • The player with the highest score is the winner.
  • The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
  • The test scores for this class were high.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Game tally5 letters
02Game total5 letters
03Points in a game5 letters
04Points total5 letters
05Game result or amount5 letters

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