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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The city of Plano scores restaurants on a 100-point system, with 100 considered a perfect score and 70 extremely poor.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Rocking a near-perfect score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, Weapons is now playing in theaters everywhere.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Honda Civic Hybrid got a perfect score from Car And Driver.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Rocking a near-perfect score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, Weapons is now playing in theaters everywhere.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Honda Civic Hybrid got a perfect score from Car And Driver.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Perfect score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20score. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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