SCORE
What does "SCORE" mean?
The number of points gained in a game, or the written form of a piece of music.
Meanings
- The record of points, goals, or runs in a competition. The score was tied with a minute left.
- A written or printed copy of a musical composition showing all the parts. The conductor turned the next page of the score.
- A group or set of twenty. A score of swans drifted on the lake. archaic
- To gain a point, goal, or mark. She scored twice in the final ten minutes.
- To cut a notch or line into a surface. Score the dough so it splits cleanly in the oven.
Did you know?
- 'Score' meant twenty because shepherds tallied sheep by cutting a notch on a stick for every twentieth animal - the same notch-and-count origin gives us both the sports 'score' and the verb 'to score' a surface.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'skor' ('notch, tally, group of twenty'); tallies were once cut as notches on a stick, which is why 'score' came to mean both a count and a cut.
Remember it
A SCORE is a notch you CORE into a tally stick - and a score is twenty, as in 'four score and seven'.
A little poem
The whistle blows, the score is set in chalk-
but who kept time keeps the longer talk.
couplet
Wordplay
- The composer joined the soccer team but only wanted to write the music. He said either way, his job was to settle the score.
What it teaches
A score is just a story told in numbers; remember who wrote it and why before you trust the count.
Quick facts
What does SCORE mean?
The number of points gained in a game, or the written form of a piece of music.
Is SCORE a valid word?
Yes — SCORE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCORE?
SCORE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCORE come from?
From Old Norse 'skor' ('notch, tally, group of twenty'); tallies were once cut as notches on a stick, which is why 'score' came to mean both a count and a cut.
What can SCORE teach us?
A score is just a story told in numbers; remember who wrote it and why before you trust the count.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.