perfect score
noun
chiefly US
: the number of points that someone can get for answering all the questions correctly on a test, exam, etc.
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Plano’s restaurant inspections function on a 100-point system: 100 is considered a perfect score and 70 is considered extremely poor.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
The series holds a perfect score of 100% from critics on review score aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
So far, 58% of readers who took the quiz got eight or more questions right and 12% got a perfect score.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
So far, 14% of readers who took the quiz got a perfect score and 57% got eight or more questions right.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
The series holds a perfect score of 100% from critics on review score aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
So far, 58% of readers who took the quiz got eight or more questions right and 12% got a perfect score.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
So far, 14% of readers who took the quiz got a perfect score and 57% got eight or more questions right.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
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“Perfect score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20score. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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