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hi-score

hi-score is the alternative spelling of high score.

Meaning of high score

Noun

high score (plural high scores)

  1. A score that is the highest or among the highest for a particular game, often recorded in a high-score table.
    • There's a fine bit of strategy involved in maximising your points — and if ever there was a high score freak's dream, this is it!1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (review in Your Sinclair magazine)

Forms of hi-score

pluralhi-scores

Questions about hi-score

What is hi-score the alternative spelling of?
Hi-score is the alternative spelling of high score.

Words near hi-score in the dictionary

  1. hi-rail
  2. hi-rails
  3. hi-res
  4. hi-rise
  5. hi-rises
  6. hi-score
  7. hi-scores
  8. hi-spy-hi
  9. hi-tech
  10. hi-top
  11. hi-tops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hi-score (page history and authors); high score (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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