# Can i use \_score in sort with script?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-score-in-sort-with-script/159993>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 8, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-score-in-sort-with-script/159993 "2018-12-08T05:09:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![GumpCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@GumpCode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GumpCode)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-score-in-sort-with-script/159993/1 "2018-12-08T05:09:08Z")

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hi, i wanna use script in sort, but can i use \_score like  
GET /\_search  
{  
"query" : {  
"term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }  
},  
"sort" : {  
"\_script" : {  
"type" : "number",  
"script" : {  
"lang": "painless",  
"source": "\_score/doc['field\_name'].value"  
},  
"order" : "asc"  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Conradson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_conradson/32/47236_2.png) [@Jack\_Conradson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Conradson)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-score-in-sort-with-script/159993/2 "2018-12-14T17:18:53Z")

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You should be able to. Are you receiving an error attempting to use that script?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-score-in-sort-with-script/159993/3 "2019-01-11T17:18:54Z")

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