scorer
/skˈɔɹɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who scores.
noun
One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
noun
Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
name
A surname from Middle English.
Example Sentences
- "Alan Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times.."
- "But chances were rare for the lowest scorers in the Premier League against a Newcastle defence which claimed a fourth straight clean sheet."
- "The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up."
- "The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scorer From score + -er.
Origin
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