>I would conclude that from the perspective of obtaining "true" scores, using Filter is preferred to using MUST BooleanClause in a BooleanQuery.
Correct, I suppose :) Use Filters when you just want additional filters without impacting the boost. >.....using MUST BooleanClause in a BooleanQuery Then it would be normally parsed by QueryParser and a Query is generated and which contributes to the score Thanx Pravesh -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Score-combination-Filtering-vs-Querying-tp3070425p3104007.html Sent from the Lucene - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.