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high scores

high scores is the plural 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)

Questions about high scores

What is high scores the plural of?
High scores is the plural of high score.

Words near high scores in the dictionary

  1. high schoolers
  2. high schools
  3. high score
  4. high score table
  5. high score tables
  6. high scores
  7. high sea
  8. high seas
  9. high season
  10. high seasons
  11. high seat

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