scorecard

noun

score·​card ˈskȯr-ˌkärd 

1

: a card for recording the score of a game

2

: a report or indication of the status, condition, or success of something or someone

Examples of scorecard in a Sentence

I always like to keep a scorecard when I watch a baseball game.

The candidate rates highly on the magazine's legislative scorecard.

Recent Examples on the Web

Make experience friction a formal metric in product and engineering scorecards. —April Ho-Nishimura, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025

Expect human pinsetters, paper scorecards, and a taxidermied lion behind the bar. —AFAR Media, 14 July 2025

Competitive golf built on scorecards and birdies is fun, but fans go even more wild when all their favorite athletes swap their regular arsenal with golf clubs. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025

The scorecard also highlighted a sharp rise in chronic absenteeism in Tennessee, which indicates students missed more than 10% of a school year. —Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for scorecard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

scorecard

noun

score·​card -ˌkärd 

: a card for recording the score (as of a game)