scorigami

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noun

A scoring combination that has never happened before.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounscorigami (plural scorigamis)

plural scorigamis

  1. hobbiesA scoring combination that has never happened before.

    While it might sound like a rare occurrence, there were three scorigamis in the 2022 regular season. Two of them came within four weeks of each other. There were six in the 2021 season, and the Indianapolis Colts were the winning team in two of those.

    2023 February 12, Ben Fowlkes, “What’s A Scorigami And How Can You Get The Best Super Bowl Odds On It?”, in Legal Sports Report
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    The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript,^([sic]) it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible scorigami scores of games in progress, keeping fans on tenterhooks until the final whistle is blown. Or is it a siren in NFL? Inquiring minds need to know.

    2020 January 22, Lewin Day, “Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making”, in Hackaday

Origin

Blend of score + origami. Coined by SB Nation sportswriter Jon Bois in 2016.

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Cite this entry
APA

scorigami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorigami

MLA

“scorigami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorigami. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scorigami,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorigami.

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