# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/41 "2014-07-28T12:39:12Z")
7 is the scariest number. Yoda: Because six seven eight. ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/42 "2014-07-28T12:43:48Z")
Dunno - I think \*i \*is less numbery than phi ETA: ninja’d by **Ranger Jeff** ---
**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, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/43 "2014-07-28T12:51:59Z")
007 is the most attractive number, as it has the most bonds. OK, really reaching now. Must stop and do work. Damn you \*\*Mangetout \*\*:mad: 😛 ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/44 "2014-07-28T13:07:19Z")
That one is actually quite good ---
**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/45 "2014-07-28T15:25:43Z")
66 is the [road]trippiest number. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/46 "2014-07-28T15:39:48Z")
i is the loopiest number. (programmers tend to use i as a loop variable) 8675309 is the Jennyiest 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, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/47 "2014-07-28T15:41:07Z")
#2 is the most scatological number. If either of my contributions need explanation, just ask. ---
**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, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/48 "2014-07-28T17:05:11Z")
22 is the catchiest number. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/49 "2014-07-28T17:15:40Z")
17 is the seventeenist number. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/50 "2014-07-28T18:46:54Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > 88 is the fattest number. 88 is the most fascistic number.“H” is the eighth letter, so 88=“HH”=“Heil Hitler” 88 is the pianist number There are 88 keys on a piano 88 is the Oldsest number There used to be an automobile model called the Oldsmobile 88 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/51 "2014-07-28T19:20:40Z")
Well, then 57 is the Heinzest 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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/52 "2014-07-28T19:29:45Z")
40 is the water displacementiest 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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/53 "2014-07-28T19:53:10Z")
99 is the flakiest number. > **[99 Flake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake)** > > A 99 Flake, 99 or ninety-nine is an ice cream cone with a Cadbury Flake inserted in it. The term can also refer to the half-sized Cadbury-produced Flake bar, itself specially made for such ice cream cones, and to a wrapped ice cream cone product marketed by Cadbury. > Created at the Cadbury's factory in Birmingham, England, the flake was originally designed to be a cuboid and to fit into a wafer. By 1930, Cadbury's was selling half-length Flake "99s" specifically for serving in an ice cream cone. > ... ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/54 "2014-07-28T20:01:14Z")
I thought that 99 was the bottles-of-beeriest 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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/55 "2014-07-28T20:02:13Z")
No 5 and 4711 tie for the smelliest numbers. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/56 "2014-07-28T20:51:32Z")
1.21 is the most jigawattiest number. 47 is the most Roninian number. 10[sup]100[/sup] is the most searchenginey number. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/57 "2014-07-28T21:01:12Z")
[Ω](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitin's_constant) is the information densest number. Given just a short prefix of it and you could answer many amazing open problems. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/58 "2014-07-29T01:57:30Z")
Some musical ones: 59 is the grooviest number. 9 is the most avant-garde number. 4 is the commonest number. 5 is the number most commonly stolen (everyone seems to want to take it . . .) ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/59 "2014-07-29T02:04:19Z")
76 is the tromboneiest number. ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/60 "2014-07-29T04:30:04Z")
The best number is 73. 73, is the 21st prime number, its mirror 37 is the 12th and its mirror 21 is the product of multiplying, hang on to your hats, 7 and 3. In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001, exactly the same. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=4)