# How to read your human score

> What the 0–100 score means, what it doesn't, and how each result band should change what you do next.

Canonical page: https://winstonai.ai/help/how-to-read-your-score

Help center: Scans & results. Updated 2026-10-03.

Every scan returns a human score from 0 to 100. It is our confidence that a person wrote the text. It is not the share of the text that a person wrote.

> **Tip:** A score of 72 means we're fairly confident a person wrote it. It does not mean 28% of it came from a model.

## The three result bands

Human score bands

| Score | Result | What it usually means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60–100 | Likely human-written | The writing has the uneven rhythm and specific detail people produce. A few highlighted sentences are normal. |
| 35–59 | Mix of AI and human | Some passages read as human and some as AI. Common when a draft was edited, paraphrased or extended with an assistant. |
| 0–34 | Likely AI-generated | Most sentences match patterns we see in model output. Review the highlights before drawing any conclusion. |

## Look at the highlights, not just the number

The score sums up the whole document. The [sentence highlights](https://winstonai.ai/help/sentence-highlights) show where the signal comes from. A mid-range score driven by one highlighted paragraph tells a very different story from the same score spread evenly across the text.

## When to be more careful

- **Short text:** under about 150 words, scores swing more. Treat them as a hint.
- **Formulaic writing:** lab reports, legal clauses and product descriptions follow templates that can look machine-like. See [why human writing can be flagged](https://winstonai.ai/help/why-human-writing-gets-flagged).
- **Heavily edited text:** grammar tools and rewording apps make human writing more uniform.

> **Warning:** A score is evidence, not a verdict. Don't use it as the only basis for a grade, a disciplinary step or a hiring decision.