Definitions
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
01“Game tally”5 letters
02“Game total”5 letters
03“Points in a game”5 letters
04“Points total”5 letters
05“Game result or amount”5 letters
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