box score

noun

: a printed score of a game (such as baseball) giving the names and positions of the players and a record of the play arranged in tabular form

broadly : total count : summary

Examples of box score in a Sentence

reading the box scores in the newspaper

Recent Examples on the Web

With quarterback Baker Mayfield going 0 for 3 passing, Tampa Bay beat the Atlanta Falcons, 16-0, producing one of the NFL’s strangest box scores in decades — and winning a game in a manner that had essentially disappeared from modern football. — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Full steam ahead Collin Sexton’s role looks small in a box score. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

No one who saw those box scores would demand more of the same, or worse. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Tyler Shough was just a box score warrior Sunday, but four touchdowns is four touchdowns. — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from its arrangement in a newspaper box

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for box score

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore

Kids Definition

box score

noun

: a printed table giving the score of a game (as baseball), a record of how it was played, and the names and positions of the players