diff --git a/src/inferred_mode/inferred_mode.js b/src/inferred_mode/inferred_mode.js
index e4a5aef9..241270ce 100644
--- a/src/inferred_mode/inferred_mode.js
+++ b/src/inferred_mode/inferred_mode.js
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ module.exports = class InferredQueryHandler {
       let scoredResults = 0;
       let unscoredResults = 0;
       combinedResponse.message.results.forEach((result) => {
-        if (result.score > 0.1) {
+        const scoreFromEdges = Object.values(result.edge_bindings).reduce((count, qEdge_bindings) => {
+          return count + qEdge_bindings.length;
+        }, 0);
+        if (result.score > scoreFromEdges) {
           scoredResults += 1;
         } else {
           unscoredResults += 1;
diff --git a/src/query_results.js b/src/query_results.js
index ef54edaa..b84cf651 100644
--- a/src/query_results.js
+++ b/src/query_results.js
@@ -399,11 +399,12 @@ module.exports = class TrapiResultsAssembler {
     this._results = consolidatedSolutions.map((consolidatedSolution) => {
 
       // TODO: replace with better score implementation later
-      const result = {node_bindings: {}, edge_bindings: {}, score: calculateScore(consolidatedSolution, scoreCombos)};
-      if (result.score === 0.1) {
-        resultsWithoutScore++;
-      } else {
+      const { score, scoredByNGD } = calculateScore(consolidatedSolution, scoreCombos);
+      const result = {node_bindings: {}, edge_bindings: {}, score: score};
+      if (scoredByNGD) {
         resultsWithScore++;
+      } else {
+        resultsWithoutScore++;
       }
 
       if (!shouldScore) delete result.score;
diff --git a/src/score.js b/src/score.js
index 8464a4ad..cf7ebd4f 100644
--- a/src/score.js
+++ b/src/score.js
@@ -87,17 +87,19 @@ async function getScores (recordsByQEdgeID) {
 
 //addition of scores
 function calculateScore(comboInfo, scoreCombos) {
-  let score = 0.1;
-
+  let score = 0;
+  let scoredByNGD = false;
   Object.keys(comboInfo).forEach((edgeKey) => {
+    score += 0.1 * comboInfo[edgeKey].recordHashes.size;
     for (const combo of scoreCombos) {
       if (comboInfo[edgeKey].inputUMLS?.includes(combo.umls[0]) && comboInfo[edgeKey].outputUMLS?.includes(combo.umls[1])) {
         score += 1/combo.ngd;
+        scoredByNGD = true;
       }
     }
   })
 
-  return score;
+  return { score, scoredByNGD };
 }
 
 module.exports.getScores = getScores;