# X is the something-est number **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190 "2014-07-27T22:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/1 "2014-07-27T22:54:47Z")
As the song says “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” Although I think a case could be made for zero being even more lonely a number. Zero is certainly the roundest number, in one sense. So… make your case for X being the something-est number - where X is a number of your choice, and you explain the ‘something’. I’ll start with 9. I think 9 could be the _squarest_ number. Sure, there are any number of squares, and 9 is not the first, but as a square, 4 only has corners - 9 has edges and a middle (If visualised as a square of 9 points) - 16 doesn’t - and although 25 does, it doesn’t do it any more stylishly and simply than 9. (subjectivity is fine, as long as you can explain it) So - what are the sharpest, smoothest, greenest, hottest, fastest, or anthing-else-est numbers, and why? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/2 "2014-07-27T22:56:05Z")
Pi is the roundest number. (When I’m asked for a round number, that’s the one I give.) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/3 "2014-07-27T23:04:25Z")
10 is the basest number (and that’s not just in base ten). ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/4 "2014-07-27T23:08:22Z")
4 is the greenest number - I’m not sure why it seems so “green” to me, but it could be that shamrocks are green and have 4 leaves. 5, on the other hand, is hot pink, and is the warmest number. 10 is the most stable number, because it’s our base. ETA: Ninja’d on the last one! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/5 "2014-07-27T23:17:28Z")
8 is the craziest number. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/6 "2014-07-27T23:18:17Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > 4 is the greenest number - I’m not sure why it seems so “green” to me, but it could be that shamrocks are green and have 4 leaves. 5, on the other hand, is hot pink, and is the warmest number. Shamrocks only have 3 leaves. They are not the same as 4 leafed clovers. I always think of 7 as the sharpest number. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/7 "2014-07-28T01:26:53Z")
7 is the hungriest number. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/8 "2014-07-28T01:29:12Z")
99 is the Gretzkyist number. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/9 "2014-07-28T01:42:41Z")
16 is the sweetest number ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/10 "2014-07-28T02:12:13Z")
1 is the loneliest number. 0.999… is the most crowded. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/11 "2014-07-28T02:24:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > 16 is the sweetest number 34 is the Sweetness number. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/12 "2014-07-28T02:30:08Z")
69 is the sexiest number. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/13 "2014-07-28T02:35:23Z")
666 is a beast of a number. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/14 "2014-07-28T02:38:41Z")
6 is the smallest perfect number. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/15 "2014-07-28T02:42:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > 7 is the hungriest number. 9 is the most filling number. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/16 "2014-07-28T02:46:04Z")
666 and 13 are the most unpopular numbers. I assume 666 is worse from a cultural perspective. 237 is the least desirable room number ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/17 "2014-07-28T02:58:15Z")
0 is the fattest number. It should go on a diet. Lazy zero, sitting around doing nothing and insisting its size is due to ‘genetics’ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/18 "2014-07-28T03:21:26Z")
[24 is the highest number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP_OGDCLY0). ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/19 "2014-07-28T03:52:07Z")
X is the most misplaced number. They always told us to find X on tests and quizzes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/20 "2014-07-28T04:12:21Z")
77 is the most oral number. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=2)