# Google Game: One hit searches (googlewhacked!)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 29, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711 "2002-03-29T05:54:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/1 "2002-03-29T05:54:36Z")
My mom was telling me about this recently. Basically, it’s a party game where you try and come up with two words that would only produce one hit. One that I tried was “Rushmore Adonnis”. The game is that since google is such a good engine, you have to think of weird stuff to stump it.
[http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/31/ebrief.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/31/ebrief.htm) is a link to the phenomenon.
What can you come up with?
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/2 "2002-03-29T11:05:40Z")
I’ll assume the other thread got wiped by the hacking.
Scoring (IIRC): Multiply the number of results of the two words by themselves to get your score. For example, **red dragon’s** rushmore adonnis would have scored 142,000 x 1,280 = 181,760,000.
Also, toss out a word for the next person to use as one of their search terms.
Next word: adhesive
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### Author:  [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/3 "2002-03-29T11:20:39Z")
I’ve never tried this but I have heard of it. So I gave it a shot.
3rd try - “liver buffering”, one return.
Also “adhesive nutsack” returns one page.
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### Author:  [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/4 "2002-03-29T11:22:33Z")
Oh… and my one word is “monkey”
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### Author:  [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/5 "2002-03-29T14:22:51Z")
Monkey Adhesive - one hit!
> [@](#):
>
> CK Art Press Release
> … and materials to make two six-inch versions of the classic sock monkey. Adhesive
> felt lets kids design funky monkey outfits. For kids 10 and older, Velvet …
> [www.curiositykits.com/catalog/press/ckarts.htm](http://www.curiositykits.com/catalog/press/ckarts.htm) - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
hee-hee
your new word - ‘rachet’
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### Author:  [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/6 "2002-03-29T15:17:27Z")
When you’re Googlewhacking, don’t search with quotes. **“monkey adhesive”** returns one hit, but **monkey adhesive** return 4520. Example: [relativity ballsack](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=relativity+ballsack) returns just one hit, with a score of [735,000](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=relativity) X [2630](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ballsack) = 1.93 billion.
[rachet carpetbag](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rachet+carpetbag) returns one hit, with a score of 10800 X 3430 = 37 million. Not very good. Scores of 1 billion plus are fairly good, 10 billion plus are rare.
When we did this before, words used were required to be dictionary entries. Google itself will tell you, because, if it’s an entry, in the text in the blue bar (“searched the Web for rachet carpetbag” in this case) the search words will be underlined links.
Next word: **urethra**
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/7 "2002-03-29T15:52:23Z")
apportion urethra: 787X 128,000=100,736,000
Pretty sad, I fully admit, but I think I deserve bonus points for resisting the urge to read all the porn that popped up.
Next word: **aromatic**
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/8 "2002-03-29T16:40:37Z")
ok, this is kinda weak.
Aromatic bobbypin.
yes, I know that bobby pin is two words, but this was the only thing I could get to come up with one entry.
Do I get bonus points if NO entry comes out?
Aromatic Preymantis.
next word:
Dwarf
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/9 "2002-03-29T18:58:51Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \*
> \*\*ok, this is kinda weak.
>
> Aromatic bobbypin.
>
> yes, I know that bobby pin is two words, but this was the only thing I could get to come up with one entry.
I think it should only counts if the word is in the dictionary. As **zut** says, you can find out whether your word is legit by looking at the blue bar near the top of the Google page, where it says, “Searched the web for **bobbypin**.” If it’s a word in the dictionary, it will be underlined, and you can click on it to get the definition from [Dictionary.com.](http://www.dictionary.com)
If you don’t have this rule, it’s just to easy to do a weird misspelling that only appears once.
Another good rule from the [Googlewhack website](http://www.unblinking.com/heh/googlewhack.htm) is that if your one hit is one of those pages that just have long lists of words, for whatever nefairous purpose it doesn’t count. I propose that we abide by the rules spelled out at the above website so we’re all on the same page.
Though I really like the scoring system!
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### Author:  [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/10 "2002-03-29T19:17:00Z")
Oooh good then I can have a go…
aromatic polyrhythm
(523,000 x 3,450 = 1,804,350,000)
my word is: **platonic**
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### Author:  [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/11 "2002-03-29T19:59:51Z")
Dwarf isohedron (total score: 47,544,000).
Although isohedron doesn’t come up as a dictionary word, it is. I swear!).
My score sucks because “isohedron” only gives 56 hits alone.
This is much tougher with common words like dwarf (I found multiple hits for “dwarf shotgunning” and “dwarf triskaidekaphobia”). Dwarf gives ~900,000 hits alone, so it may be your key to the elusive 10 billion.
Your next word is “caramel” (common words being hard and all)
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/12 "2002-03-29T20:23:56Z")
**plantoic corvet:** 149,000 X 3480 = 518,520,000
Someday I hope to crack a billion . . .
I forbear to provide a new word, as caramel is an excellent choice.
Weird that [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) doesn’t have isohedron!
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### Author:  [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/13 "2002-03-29T20:42:56Z")
caramel mesopause
370,000 x 3,330 = 1,232,100,000
**rhododendron**
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### Author:  [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/14 "2002-03-29T20:56:31Z")
[nitpick]
I think on the Googlewhack site **Podkayne** referred to, they didn’t allow sites where they had strange lists of keywords…
[/nitpick]
But anyway, that said:
rhododendron, furbelow
159,000 x 442 == a measly 78,278,000
My word: **shoehorn**
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### Author:  [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/15 "2002-03-29T21:00:28Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by emulsified \*
> \*\*[nitpick]
> I think on the Googlewhack site **Podkayne** referred to, they didn’t allow sites where they had strange lists of keywords…
> [/nitpick]
Ah. I stand corrected. (I so pleased to actually get it down to one hit, I didn’t bother looking at the documents.)
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/16 "2002-03-29T21:00:41Z")
Taking a cue from **jk1245** :
Rhododendron shotgunning: 159,000. X 6,940 = 1,103,460,000
Whee! Over a billion! But darn, **emulsified** beat me. But yay, my score is higher. . .
I really need to quit this and get some work done.
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### Author:  [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/17 "2002-03-29T21:15:59Z")
Finally! shoehorn + technophobe
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shoehorn+technophobe](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shoehorn+technophobe)
For a score of 17,900 x 7,060 = 126,374,000.
How about **treacle**?
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### Author:  [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/18 "2002-03-29T22:39:21Z")
treacle fluorocarbon
for a score of 35,600 x 30,600 + 1,098,540,000
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=treacle+fluorocarbon&spell=1](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=treacle+fluorocarbon&spell=1)
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/19 "2002-03-29T22:40:14Z")
Well, “giraffe ballsack” gave two hits. Close, but no ballsack…
Ah, here we are: “relativistic fluffer”. Score = 212,000 x 19,800 = 4.2 billion.
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### Author:  [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-one-hit-searches-googlewhacked/100711/20 "2002-03-29T22:42:47Z")
Oh… let’s try
crabapple
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