/skoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
Proto-Germanic *skurō
Old Norse skorder.
Old English scoru
Middle English score
English score
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.
For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
/skoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
Proto-Germanic *skurō
Old Norse skorder.
Old English scoru
Middle English score
English score
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.
For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
Meanings
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
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.
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.
The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead. 2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN:
The test scores for this class were high.
Twenty (20).
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1:
I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Braekstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:
Twenty (20). ▸ A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue. 1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 26, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
DEVLIN:You know the apple and core. Head might cost you a score, or more if you want a meat show on all fours. 2012 September 9, “Deepest Shame (New Machine Remix)”, performed by Plan B,Chip,Devlin:
(in-plural, often) A great deal; many, several.
Some words have scores of meanings.
An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score. 2013, Arnold Snyder, Big Book of Blackjack:
The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
The music of a movie or play.
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
A subject.
Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 245e:
An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore. 1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 65:
But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score. 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
The local village priest is expected to pass through the Holi bonfire, which, in the opinion of the faithful, cannot burn him. Indeed he holds his land rent-free simply on the score of his being fire-proof. 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 306:
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
He parted well, and paid his score. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:
(US, qualifier:crime, slang) A criminal act, especially: ▸ A robbery.
Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from.
Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark?
Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score? 2022, Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, The Batman:
Let's pull a score!
(US, qualifier:crime, slang) A criminal act, especially: ▸ A bribe paid to a police officer.
(US, qualifier:crime, slang) A criminal act, especially: ▸ An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
He made a big score.
(US, qualifier:crime, slang) A criminal act, especially: ▸ A prostitute's client.
(slang, vulgar) A sexual conquest.
Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there. 1976, William C. Thomas, Cat Murkil and the Silks, spoken by Punch:
(UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth. 1975, John Seymour, The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-east England, page 206:
A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.
Robson counted 92 exemplars of Gilgamesh and Huwawa A and 59 of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (“Tablet House,” 54). Since that time, several joins have reduced the number of distinct copies, so that Delnero’s score for Gilgamesh and Huwawa A now includes 85 total, mostly of the Type III extract category (Variation in Sumerian Literary Compositions: A Case Study Based on the Decad, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., 2006). 2010, Daniel E. Fleming and Sara J. Milstein, The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic, page 8:
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reason; motive; sake; behalf) · hu vezérkönyv (sheet music showing all parts) · hi कोड़ी (twenty — see also twenty) · ro scor (number of points earned) · pap puntuashon (number of points earned) · uk результа́т (number of points earned) · ro punctaj (number of points earned) · fi hoito (slang: sexual conquest) · sv resultat (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · el παρτιτούρα (sheet music showing all parts) · hu állás (number of points accrued) · eo poentoj (number of points earned) · cy rhic (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · de Kerbe (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · hu elszámolás (account of dues) · fi koetulos (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · fi voitelu (slang: bribe to a police officer) · pt resultado (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · es puntuación (number of points earned) · ja 成績 (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ga fiche (twenty — see also twenty) · it ventina (twenty — see also twenty) · ru счёт (number of points accrued) · ko 성적 (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · it spartito (sheet music showing all parts) · ru партиту́ра (sheet music showing all parts) · hy հաշիվ (number of points earned) · bg ря́зка (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · fr vingtaine (twenty — see also twenty) · tt чут (number of points earned) · fi partituuri (sheet music showing all parts) · ja 得点 (number of points earned) · ga scór (twenty — see also twenty) · de Spielergebnis (number of points earned) · sv poängställning (number of points accrued) · io particiono (sheet music showing all parts) · uk результа́т (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · crh ball (number of points earned) · fi keikka (slang: criminal act) · eo partituro (sheet music showing all parts) · ta ஸ்கோர் (number of points accrued) · tr not (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · bg партиту́ра (sheet music showing all parts) · cs skóre (number of points earned) · it 20 libbre (weight of twenty pounds) · be вы́нік (number of points earned) · fi poka (slang: prostitute's client) · fr micheton (slang: prostitute's client) · ga scór (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · sh recka (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · ru двадца́тка (twenty — see also twenty) · ky чот (number of points earned) · fr partition de poche (sheet music showing all parts) · fa-ira نَتیجِه (number of points earned) · sd ڪوڙ (twenty — see also twenty) · tg натиҷа (number of points earned) · eo poentsumo (number of points earned) · cy sgôr (sheet music showing all parts) · pt marcador (number of points earned) · de Spielstand (number of points earned) · th คะแนน (number of points accrued) · eo dudeko (twenty — see also twenty) · be рэзульта́т (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · pt resultado (number of points accrued) · vi số điểm (number of points earned) · ru два деся́тка (twenty — see also twenty) · eo poentaro (number of points accrued) · nn sneis (twenty — see also twenty) · fi aihe (subject — see also subject) · pt vintena (twenty — see also twenty) · ru результа́т (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ru счёты (number of points earned) · cy hiciad (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · fi pistemäärä (number of points earned) · da snes (twenty — see also twenty) · hu eredmény (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · hu rovás (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · hu eredmény (number of points earned) · ko 스코어 (number of points earned) · ko 악보 (sheet music showing all parts) · eo poentkvoto (number of points accrued) · de Punktzahl (number of points accrued) · et kakskümmend (twenty — see also twenty) · bg черта́ (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · uz natija (number of points earned) · cy achos (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · fr note (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · nl partituur (sheet music showing all parts) · ca puntuació (number of points earned) · ro notă (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · bg основа́ние (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · fr partition générale (sheet music showing all parts) · tl talatugtugan (sheet music showing all parts) · it risultato (number of points accrued) · sv torsk (slang: prostitute's client) · ro scor (number of points accrued) · da score (number of points earned) · bg причи́на (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · be раху́нак (number of points earned) · de Stiege (twenty — see also twenty) · et skoor, punktiseis (number of points earned) · sl partitura (sheet music showing all parts) · fr nombre de points (number of points earned) · ca vintena (twenty — see also twenty) · fi pano (slang: sexual conquest) · ta மதிப்பெண் (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ta ஸ்கோர் (number of points earned) · es veintena (twenty — see also twenty) · et partituur (sheet music showing all parts) · kk шот (number of points earned) · ga scór (sheet music showing all parts) · ca resultat (number of points earned) · sh rezultat (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ms skor (number of points earned) · ko 득점 (number of points earned) · fi pistetilanne (number of points accrued) · ta மார்க் (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · fa-ira اِمْتِیاز (number of points earned) · cy rhicyn (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · fa-ira نُمْرِه (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ky эсеп (number of points earned) · eo noto (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · it dovuto (account of dues) · hu pontszám (number of points earned) · da partitur (sheet music showing all parts) · sv tjog (twenty — see also twenty) · fi ottelutilanne (number of points accrued) · nb poengsum (number of points earned) · uk раху́нок (number of points earned) · fi kaksikymmentä (twenty — see also twenty) · pt partitura (sheet music showing all parts) · be рэзульта́т (number of points earned) · fi tiu (twenty — see also twenty) · ga scór (number of points earned) · cmn 樂譜 /乐谱 (sheet music showing all parts) · cmn 得分 (number of points earned) · cy pen (subject — see also subject) · ja スコア (number of points earned) · ka ანგარიში (number of points earned) · fr pointage (number of points earned) · sv poängsumma (number of points earned) · hu partitúra (sheet music showing all parts) · gd sgòr (sheet music showing all parts) · it punteggio (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · sh bodovni rezultat (number of points earned) · ca partitura (sheet music showing all parts) · et hinnang (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ja 楽譜 (sheet music showing all parts) · mk партиту́ра (sheet music showing all parts) · cy marc (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · th แต้ม (number of points earned) · cy sgôr (number of points accrued) · hu pontszám (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · tl talaawitan (sheet music showing all parts) · cmn 二十 (twenty — see also twenty) · cy hic (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · fi tulos (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · cmn 比分 (number of points earned) · fi pykälä (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · ba иҫәп (number of points earned) · hu eredmény (number of points accrued) · cy hicyn (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · kk есеп (number of points earned) · hu rovátka (notch or incision, especially one made as tally mark) · nn tjug (twenty — see also twenty) · fr partition conducteur (sheet music showing all parts) · cy sgôr (number of points earned) · ar دَرَجَة (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · ba сут (number of points earned) · pl wynik (number of points earned) · ga scór (number of points accrued) · it conto (account of dues) · ru балл (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · es partitura general (sheet music showing all parts) · fr score (number of points earned) · ru очки́ (number of points accrued) · cy sail (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · fi velka (account of dues) · id partitur (sheet music showing all parts) · tt исәп (number of points earned) · ar إِصَابَة (number of points earned) · az hesab (number of points earned) · fi pelitilanne (number of points accrued) · ro partitură (sheet music showing all parts) · fi syy (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · ru балл (number of points earned) · sv partitur (sheet music showing all parts) · alt чот (number of points earned) · pt pontuação (number of points earned) · th คะแนน (number of points earned) · be партыту́ра (sheet music showing all parts) · it punteggio (number of points accrued) · hu ok (account; reason; motive; sake; behalf) · nb partitur (sheet music showing all parts) · sh skor (number of points earned) · cy cyfrif (subject — see also subject) · bg резулта́т (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) · es tantos (number of points earned) · tg ҳисоб (number of points earned) · es marcador (number of points accrued)
/skoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
Proto-Germanic *skurō
Old Norse skorder.
Old English scoru
Middle English score
English score
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.
For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
Meanings
(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
"Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it." 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 50”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
In the past decade gay people have scored a number of significant advances. 1982 February 13, Wayne Dynes, “Unnatural”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 4:
(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired. ▸ To earn points in a game.
Pelé scores again!
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following. 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired. ▸ To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
Intelligence is heritable, and for a long time, researchers assumed that people with high IQ scores would have kids who also scored above average. 2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN:
At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade. 2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells us about how to teach reading:
No, Butthead, that's my point. You didn't score. You got a zero. 1996 March 5, Mike Judge, “Substitute”, in Beavis and Butthead, season 6, episode 18, Mr. Van Driessen (actor):
(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired. ▸ To win money by gambling.
[…] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino! 2005, Shannon Nash, For the Love of Money, page 215:
(ambitransitive, slang) To obtain something desired. ▸ To acquire or gain.
What am I doing in this place? / Why does the doctor have no face? / Oh, I can't crawl across the floor / Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score 1971, Jagger–Richards, Marianne Faithfull, “Sister Morphine”, in Sticky Fingers, performed by The Rolling Stones:
Did you score tickets for the concert?
I jump up, bubble up, what's in store? / Love is the drug and I need to score 1975, Andy Mackay, Bryan Ferry, “Love Is the Drug”, performed by Roxy Music:
I scored some drugs last night.
(US, ambitransitive, of a police officer, qualifier:crime, slang) To obtain something desired. ▸ To extract a bribe.
(ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To obtain something desired. ▸ To obtain a sexual favor.
A red-blooded American male who once scored with reality TV stars, he [Sean Duffy] is now a devoted dad with his own chicken coop and beehives, publicly pledging his commitment to his wife and their old Chrysler minivan. 2025 June 23, Caroline Kitchener, “The MTV Reality Star in Trump’s Cabinet Who Wants You to Have More Kids”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Gotta find a chick who'll give you more / Well, there's a spot that I've discovered / Where a guy's guaranteed to score 1982, “Prowlin'”, in Domenic Bugatti, Frank Muskeer, Christopher Cerf (lyrics), Grease 2:
Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
(transitive) To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
[…] this was the case for most students, who scored it highly (medians of 4 with many scores of 5) […] 2007, Cross-Cultural Urban Design: Global or Local Practice?, page 197:
Critics scored the game 92%.
(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing. 1974, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 45, page 98:
Robertson scored several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman. 2023 August 10, Adrian Horton, “Robbie Robertson, member of the Band, dies at age 80”, in The Guardian, UK:
(ambitransitive) To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
[…] and the scoring for a start by these "inferior" horses would kill a thoroughbred. As an instance, in the 2:27 race at Cleveland, last summer, twelve horses scored seventeen times before they got a fair start. 1878, John H. Wallace, Wallace's Monthly, volume 4, page 18:
tally (to record the score) · pull (to obtain a sexual favor) · keep (to record the score) · groove (to cut a groove in a surface) · shake down (to extract a bribe) · obtain · soundtrack (to provide with a musical score) · come by (to acquire or gain) · earn · notch (to cut a groove in a surface)
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fi tehdä (to earn points in a game) · fi saada (to acquire or gain) · es encestar (to earn points in a game) · pl zdobywać punkty (to earn points in a game) · hu szerez (to earn points in a game) · fo skora (to earn points in a game) · fi hankkia (to acquire or gain) · ro înscrie (to earn points in a game) · et punktiarvet suurendama (to earn points in a game) · fi maalata (to earn points in a game) · de treffen (to earn points in a game) · de (einen Punkt) machen (to earn points in a game) · sq kru (to cut a groove in a surface) · da ridse (to cut a groove in a surface) · sw funga (to earn points in a game) · fr marquer (to earn points in a game) · fr marquer (to record the score for a game or a match) · et murdejooni tegema (to cut a groove in a surface) · it segnare il punteggio (to record the score for a game or a match) · bg отбелязвам гол (to earn points in a game) · fi piirrottaa (to cut a groove in a surface) · fi tehdä maali (to earn points in a game) · de anritzen (to cut a groove in a surface) · es lucrar (to acquire or gain) · it marcare (to cut a groove in a surface) · nl scoren (to earn points in a game) · bg набраздявам (to cut a groove in a surface) · sv göra mål (to earn points in a game) · fr gagner (to earn points in a game) · pl zdobyć punkt (to record the score for a game or a match) · it fare punto (to earn points in a game) · ca marcar (to earn points in a game) · de erzielen (to earn points in a game) · pt faturar (to obtain a sexual favor) · pl punktować (to earn points in a game) · hu zenét szerez hozzá (to provide a film, etc. with a musical score) · sv näta (to earn points in a game) · pl zaliczyć (to obtain a sexual favor) · hu elér (to earn points in a game) · vi trúng (to earn points in a game) · hu felír (to record the score for a game or a match) · fr entailler (to cut a groove in a surface) · uk отри́мувати (to earn points in a game) · vi ghi điểm (to earn points in a game) · pl strzelić gola (to record the score for a game or a match) · es marcar (to earn points in a game) · hu lefektet (to obtain a sexual favor) · vi ghi (to earn points in a game) · hu betalál (to earn points in a game) · fi tehdä taittoviiva (to cut a groove in a surface) · hu bemetsz (to cut a groove in a surface) · et skoorima (to obtain drugs or sex) · es anotar (to earn points in a game) · es mojar (to obtain a sexual favor) · bg печеля (to acquire or gain) · hu gólt rúg/lő (to earn points in a game) · hu megvan/megvolt neki (to obtain a sexual favor) · fi saada (to obtain drugs or sex) · it realizzare (to earn points in a game) · vi trúng điểm (to earn points in a game) · ga scor (to cut a groove in a surface) · hu feljegyez (to record the score for a game or a match) · fi säveltää musiikki (to provide a film, etc. with a musical score) · pl zapunktować (to earn points in a game) · fi tehdä piste (to earn points in a game) · sv skåra (to cut a groove in a surface) · hu számontart (to record the score for a game or a match) · ga scóráil (to earn points in a game) · bg постигам (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · da score (to obtain drugs or sex) · es sacarse (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · cs skórovat (to earn points in a game) · hu rovátkol (to cut a groove in a surface) · es sacar (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · bg записвам резултата (to record the score for a game or a match) · sv måla (to earn points in a game) · pl zdobyć punkt/punkty (to earn points in a game) · bg драскам (to cut a groove in a surface) · es golear (to earn points in a game) · pt pontuar (to earn points in a game) · pl nadciąć (to cut a groove in a surface) · es puntuar (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · bg записвам точка (to earn points in a game) · hu hangszerel (to provide a film, etc. with a musical score) · nl scoren (to obtain drugs or sex) · fi saada tulos (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · hu pontot szerez (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · ru получа́ть (to earn points in a game) · de (einen Treffer) landen (to earn points in a game) · fi saada (to obtain a sexual favor) · fi merkitä tulos (to record the score for a game or a match) · cs bodovat (to earn points in a game) · el πηδάω (to obtain a sexual favor) · it segnare (to earn points in a game) · ga aimsigh (to earn points in a game) · es puntuar (to earn points in a game) · sv få (to achieve a score in e.g. a test) · hu jegyez (to record the score for a game or a match) · da score (to earn points in a game) · de schießen (to earn points in a game) · hu számol (to record the score for a game or a match)