Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for score
Synonyms for score: mark, nock and grudge. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for score
Interchangeable with score, one per sense
Audited under score's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one score carries in that sense.
- markverb, in the sense "assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation"
- nockverb, in the sense "make small marks into the surface of"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name score as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- grudgegrudge is a noun in the sense "a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation"
The first group is filed under score's own senses. The second reaches score from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
Score the SAT essays.
score in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The teacher stayed late to score the semester's final exams.
- Her manager will score her quarterly performance report using a five-point scale.
How it behaves: In this sense score typically takes as its direct object the item being evaluated, such as an exam, essay, or performance, often followed by a phrase specifying the scale or criteria used.
The true synonym
mark
Same sentence, swapped: Mark the SAT essays.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for score in the sentence quoted.
- seduce
- tally
- praise
make small marks into the surface of
Score the clay before firing it.
The true synonym
nock
Same sentence, swapped: Nock the clay before firing it.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- seduce
- band
- matter
Where score turns up in the game
score is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where score is the trap
- accountnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is explanation, in the sense "a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc", so score is there to be ruled out.
- gradenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is level, in the sense "a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality", so score is there to be ruled out.
- unionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is join, in the sense "a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets", so score is there to be ruled out.
- ratenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pace, in the sense "the relative speed of progress or change", and score is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play score
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so score reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. score carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.