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A perfect score is the best possible a score in a game or sport. Perfect score may also refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Comăneci</span> Romanian gymnast (born 1961)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhythmic gymnastics</span> Gymnastics discipline

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Candlepin bowling</span> Form of bowling

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duckpin bowling</span> A variation of the sport of bowling

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Split(s) or The Split may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perfect game (bowling)</span> Highest score possible in a bowling game

A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by scoring a strike with every throw. In bowling games that use 10 pins, such as ten-pin bowling, candlepin bowling, and duckpin bowling, the highest possible score is 300, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a traditional single game: one strike in each of the first nine frames, and three more in the tenth frame.

Perfect game may refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bowling</span> Class of sports in which a player rolls a ball towards a target

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Perfect 10 may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katelyn Ohashi</span> American

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