Gymnastics scrapped its perfect-10 high score in 2006, replacing it with one that was supposed to remove some human error by instituting one score for the difficulty achieving certain moves, alongside a second, more subjective score for execution.

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But history shows a pattern: when attractions prove too expensive to maintain, score low on guest approval, lose sponsorship or have difficulty churning through high numbers of visitors, they are likely to meet the wrecking ball.

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If your credit score is below 620, you will be considered subprime and will have difficulty getting a loan at all, let alone one with favorable terms.

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Each letter is also given a point value based on difficulty, and some even award extra points by doubling or tripling the letter or overall word score.

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