Usage Note
score is a direct borrowing from English widely used in sports and video games. The French equivalent résultat or marque is more formal. Quel est le score ? is perfectly natural in everyday conversation about a match.
Examples
"Le score final est deux à zéro."
Natural Translation
The final score is two to zero.

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