scored

Put points up

Scored is the past tense of score.

To score is to earn points in a game or competition: She scored twice in the second half.

Score also means to achieve or obtain: We scored tickets to the show, He finally scored with that girl.

In another sense, to score is to cut lines or grooves into a surface: Score the meat before marinating.

Scored can describe something marked with such lines: The scored surface helped the glue adhere.

exam

test

Evaluative examination

points · results · correct · incorrect · pass · fail · rubric · evaluation · assessment · SAT

sports

goal

Desired end result

hat trick · ace · birdie · eagle · par · slam dunk · penalty kick · free throw · strike · spare

tally

counted

Determined how many

totaled · calculated · enumerated · registered · summed · reckoned · computed · tracked · logged · marked

cuts

grooves

Narrow carved channels

etched · incised · slashed · carved · marked · indentations · striations · serrated · crosshatched · gouged

music

notation

System of written symbols

soundtrack · symphony · conductor · composer · sheet music · clef · staff · bars · measures · instrumentation

Categories
Opposites
points/goals in competition

scoredmissed

Failed to reach

blanked · shut out · drew a blank · whiffed · zeroed

success/achievement

scoredfailed

Did not succeed

struck out · bombed · flopped · missed out · blew it

musical/artistic arrangement

scoredunscored

Not given points

unarranged · unorchestrated · improvised · unwritten

Phrases
Family

score, scores, scoring, scorer, scorers, scoreless, scorekeeper, score off, scoresheet

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Top 10,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G