Dot and Score

Dot

Dot noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.

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Score and dot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Score" instead the word "Dot" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: dotty

Score noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Dot and score are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dot" instead the word "Score" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

exact	exact dot	exact score
certain	certain dot	certain score
proper	proper dot	proper score
single	single dot	single score
Other adjectives: poor, great, dark, excellent, new, permanent, next, last.

time	dot time	score time
points	dot points	score points

Even with modern dot-matrix displays, the score displays on some games will usually roll back to 0 if they go over the maximum number of digits that can be displayed.

Source: Tropes In Pinball Games
Cap: Long before dot-matrix displays became commonplace, many tables had score displays that were limited to a set number of digits.

Source: Tropes In Pinball Games
Like their Video Game brethren, arcade pinball machines of The '80s and The '90s regularly had "Winners Don't Use Drugs" messages in their Attract Modes, either in the alphanumeric score display or the dot matrix screens.

Source: Drugs Are Bad

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