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You cannot look up a Turnitin score by entering a paper ID or submission ID on any public website. The paper ID on your digital receipt is a reference identifier for records and support, not a lookup key. Your similarity and AI scores are attached to your assignment submission and appear inside your LMS (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc.) only when your instructor enables report access [1]. To see your score, open the assignment and view the submission's report; to know your score before submitting, use a preview service that generates real Turnitin reports.
Can You Look Up a Turnitin Score Using a Paper ID or Submission ID?
No. Turnitin does not offer any public score lookup, and the paper ID printed on your digital receipt cannot be entered anywhere to retrieve your percentage. That ID simply identifies your submission in Turnitin's system so support staff or your instructor can locate the exact file if there is a problem [2]. Treat it as a receipt number, not as a login or a portal to your report.
The AI writing report is opened from inside the assignment submission in the document viewer, and it is tied to that specific submitted file rather than to any standalone identifier. Access to the report is controlled by the institution and the instructor, which is why students in some classes can see their AI score while students in others cannot [2]. There is no external "check my score" endpoint that accepts a paper ID.
Even instructors do not pull up a score by typing in an ID. They open the student's submission in Turnitin Feedback Studio and read the similarity and AI indicators attached to that file [2]. If you want to see your own score, the only built-in path is through the assignment in your learning management system.
How Do You Read the Similarity and AI Scores on a Turnitin Report?
The similarity score is the percentage of your paper's text that matches sources in Turnitin's database, and it is color-coded from blue (no matching text) through green, yellow, orange, and red as the percentage climbs. Students open this report from their submission in the assignment inbox, and the visible percentage can change if quotes, bibliography entries, or small matches are excluded from the calculation [3].
Resubmission rules matter when you read the number: if your course allows resubmissions, a new similarity report is generated only after a waiting period, and the score can shift as sources in the database change [3]. A high similarity percentage means more of your wording overlaps with published or previously submitted work, which is a separate issue from AI-generated text.
The AI writing score is a different metric. Turnitin's AI writing report shows an overall percentage and highlights the specific passages the model judged as machine-written, so you can see exactly which sections are flagged rather than only a total [3]. In that report, any score below 20% is displayed as an asterisk (*) instead of a number, which is why many students see "*%" rather than 3% or 12% [3].
How Can You Preview Your Turnitin AI and Similarity Scores Before Submitting Your Final Draft?
Turnitin's own Draft Coach lets students check similarity and AI writing indicators directly inside Google Docs and Microsoft Word before they submit, giving early feedback while the draft can still be edited. The catch is that Draft Coach only appears when your institution has enabled it for your course, so many students never see the option in their toolbar [4].
When Draft Coach is not available, you have no built-in way to preview your scores through your university. The practical alternative is to upload your draft to a service that generates the same reports your instructor sees — a real Turnitin similarity report and a real Turnitin AI writing report — before you hand in the final file [4]. This gives you the exact percentage, flags, and highlighted matches in advance, with no waiting for a graded result.
Previewing before submission is the only point at which a high similarity match or a high AI score can still be fixed. Once the file is submitted, the report belongs to the assignment record, and revisions typically require a resubmission window — or a conversation with your instructor [4]. Checking your draft first turns a surprise grade into a decision you made with full information.
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FAQ
Can students see their Turnitin AI score?
Only when the instructor enables AI writing report access for the assignment; otherwise the report is visible to instructors only [1].
What does the paper ID on my Turnitin receipt mean?
It is a reference number that identifies your specific submission for records and support — it is not a code you can enter anywhere to view your score [2].
Why does my Turnitin AI score show *% instead of a number?
Turnitin displays any AI writing score below 20% as an asterisk rather than a single-digit percentage, so "*%" means the score is under 20% [1].
Can I check my Turnitin score before the instructor grades?
Yes, if report access is enabled for the assignment, or by previewing your draft with Draft Coach or a Turnitin report preview service before you submit [4].
What is the difference between the similarity score and the AI score?
The similarity score measures how much of your text matches existing sources, while the AI score estimates how much of the text was likely generated by an AI tool [3].