fourscore
/ˈfɔɹskoɹ/number, noun
fourscore is a number meaning “A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-S-C-O-R-E, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fourscore mean?
number
- 1
archaicEighty.
- 2
A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.
noun
- 1
A quantity or amount of eighty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fourscore?
- UK /ˈfɔːskɔː/
- US /ˈfɔɹskoɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fourscore.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fourscore
- four score
- four-score
- fourscores plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fourscore?
Fourscore appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fourscore in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eighty – see also eighty:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | quatre-vingts, huitante |
| German | achtzig |
| Spanish | ochenta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fourscore come from?
From four + score.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).