diff --git a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
index ae3efd2..ed4c89b 100644
--- a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
+++ b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class ModePlan:
     chunk_top: int
     chunk_group: int
     parallelism: int
+    score_retries: int
     use_tool: bool
     use_critic: bool
     use_gap: bool
@@ -86,6 +87,14 @@ class ModePlan:
     subanswer_retries: int
 
 
+@dataclass
+class ScoreContext:
+    question: str
+    sub_questions: list[str]
+    retries: int
+    parallelism: int
+
+
 class AnswerEngine:
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -1060,6 +1069,7 @@ def _mode_plan(settings: Settings, mode: str) -> ModePlan:
             chunk_top=10,
             chunk_group=4,
             parallelism=4,
+            score_retries=3,
             use_tool=True,
             use_critic=True,
             use_gap=True,
@@ -1077,6 +1087,7 @@ def _mode_plan(settings: Settings, mode: str) -> ModePlan:
             chunk_top=8,
             chunk_group=4,
             parallelism=2,
+            score_retries=2,
             use_tool=True,
             use_critic=True,
             use_gap=True,
@@ -1093,6 +1104,7 @@ def _mode_plan(settings: Settings, mode: str) -> ModePlan:
         chunk_top=5,
         chunk_group=5,
         parallelism=1,
+        score_retries=1,
         use_tool=False,
         use_critic=False,
         use_gap=False,
@@ -1144,6 +1156,19 @@ def _chunk_lines(lines: list[str], lines_per_chunk: int) -> list[dict[str, Any]]
     return chunks
 
 
+def _build_chunk_groups(chunks: list[dict[str, Any]], group_size: int) -> list[list[dict[str, Any]]]:
+    groups: list[list[dict[str, Any]]] = []
+    group: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for chunk in chunks:
+        group.append({"id": chunk["id"], "summary": chunk["summary"]})
+        if len(group) >= group_size:
+            groups.append(group)
+            group = []
+    if group:
+        groups.append(group)
+    return groups
+
+
 async def _score_chunks(
     call_llm: Callable[..., Any],
     chunks: list[dict[str, Any]],
@@ -1154,23 +1179,46 @@ async def _score_chunks(
     scores: dict[str, float] = {chunk["id"]: 0.0 for chunk in chunks}
     if not chunks:
         return scores
-    groups: list[list[dict[str, Any]]] = []
-    group: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-    for chunk in chunks:
-        group.append({"id": chunk["id"], "summary": chunk["summary"]})
-        if len(group) >= plan.chunk_group:
-            groups.append(group)
-            group = []
-    if group:
-        groups.append(group)
-    if plan.parallelism <= 1 or len(groups) <= 1:
-        for grp in groups:
-            scores.update(await _score_chunk_group(call_llm, grp, question, sub_questions))
-        return scores
-    coros = [_score_chunk_group(call_llm, grp, question, sub_questions) for grp in groups]
-    results = await _gather_limited(coros, plan.parallelism)
-    for result in results:
-        scores.update(result)
+    groups = _build_chunk_groups(chunks, plan.chunk_group)
+    ctx = ScoreContext(
+        question=question,
+        sub_questions=sub_questions,
+        retries=max(1, plan.score_retries),
+        parallelism=plan.parallelism,
+    )
+    if ctx.parallelism <= 1 or len(groups) * ctx.retries <= 1:
+        return await _score_groups_serial(call_llm, groups, ctx)
+    return await _score_groups_parallel(call_llm, groups, ctx)
+
+
+async def _score_groups_serial(
+    call_llm: Callable[..., Any],
+    groups: list[list[dict[str, Any]]],
+    ctx: ScoreContext,
+) -> dict[str, float]:
+    scores: dict[str, float] = {}
+    for grp in groups:
+        runs = [await _score_chunk_group(call_llm, grp, ctx.question, ctx.sub_questions) for _ in range(ctx.retries)]
+        scores.update(_merge_score_runs(runs))
+    return scores
+
+
+async def _score_groups_parallel(
+    call_llm: Callable[..., Any],
+    groups: list[list[dict[str, Any]]],
+    ctx: ScoreContext,
+) -> dict[str, float]:
+    coros: list[Awaitable[tuple[int, dict[str, float]]]] = []
+    for idx, grp in enumerate(groups):
+        for _ in range(ctx.retries):
+            coros.append(_score_chunk_group_run(call_llm, idx, grp, ctx.question, ctx.sub_questions))
+    results = await _gather_limited(coros, ctx.parallelism)
+    grouped: dict[int, list[dict[str, float]]] = {}
+    for idx, result in results:
+        grouped.setdefault(idx, []).append(result)
+    scores: dict[str, float] = {}
+    for runs in grouped.values():
+        scores.update(_merge_score_runs(runs))
     return scores
 
 
@@ -1206,6 +1254,28 @@ async def _score_chunk_group(
     return scored
 
 
+async def _score_chunk_group_run(
+    call_llm: Callable[..., Any],
+    idx: int,
+    group: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    question: str,
+    sub_questions: list[str],
+) -> tuple[int, dict[str, float]]:
+    return idx, await _score_chunk_group(call_llm, group, question, sub_questions)
+
+
+def _merge_score_runs(runs: list[dict[str, float]]) -> dict[str, float]:
+    if not runs:
+        return {}
+    totals: dict[str, float] = {}
+    counts: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for run in runs:
+        for key, value in run.items():
+            totals[key] = totals.get(key, 0.0) + float(value)
+            counts[key] = counts.get(key, 0) + 1
+    return {key: totals[key] / counts[key] for key in totals}
+
+
 def _keyword_hits(
     ranked: list[dict[str, Any]],
     head: dict[str, Any],