Pinochle Score is a card game that is played with a 48-card deck. The objective of the game is to score points by forming melds, which are combinations of three or more cards of the same rank. The term PINOCHLE SCORE refers to the total number of points a player has earned by forming melds. MELD is a four-letter word that is used to describe the combination of cards that are used to score points in Pinochle Score.