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

The city’s online scorecards show perceptions of the cities’ cleanliness and downtown vibrancy are improving, but the city is more than 3,000 units short of demand to shelter homeless people and construction of affordable and market rate housing has also fallen short of goals. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026

Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my trusty spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third quarter of 2025 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis with 2025 business output estimates for countries compiled by the International Monetary Fund, released in October. —Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026

Valencia’s scoring has been a team effort with 13 players getting on the scorecard so far this year. —Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 29 Jan. 2026

The Match 6 scorecard measures 6,174 yards. —Keith Stewart, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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)