# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/61 "2014-07-29T05:08:06Z")
> [@Dobbs](#): > > 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. This is the Sheldon-ish post in the historyc of this board. ---
**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 29, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/62 "2014-07-29T06:20:12Z")
182 is the blinkiest number. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/63 "2014-07-29T09:05:48Z")
Ununoctium is the heaviest, gassiest number. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/64 "2014-07-29T11:34:30Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I thought that 99 was the bottles-of-beeriest number. I thought 99 was the luftballoniest number. ---
**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 29, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/65 "2014-07-29T12:26:26Z")
101 is the roomiest number. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/66 "2014-07-29T12:43:41Z")
5 is the holiest number Not 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 but 5 5 is the holiest number and the holiest number is 5 If you say 4 is the holiest number you are too soon…and 6 is outright! ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/67 "2014-07-29T15:12:13Z")
Errr… three sir! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/68 "2014-07-29T15:54:29Z")
23 is the most [enigmatic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma)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 29, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/69 "2014-07-29T16:01:37Z")
237 is the scariest, most messed up, weirdest 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 29, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/70 "2014-07-29T16:01:51Z")
144 is a gross number. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/71 "2014-07-29T16:03:26Z")
A dozen is the dirtiest number. ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/72 "2014-07-29T17:07:54Z")
111 is the most Hobbit-y number. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/73 "2014-07-29T17:23:02Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > 9 is the most filling number. 8 is the-one-who-is-actually-carrying-the-joke-iest number. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/74 "2014-07-29T17:41:10Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Errr… three sir! Goddamn it That’s what I get for trying to be clever ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/75 "2014-07-29T18:17:02Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > 10 is the basest number (and that’s not just in base ten). Sorry, but 2101 is the basest number. (How are you gentlemen?) ---
**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 29, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/76 "2014-07-29T18:21:14Z")
2112 is the Rushiest number. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/77 "2014-07-29T18:22:03Z")
11 is the most oceanic number. ([Or is it 12 or 13?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Trilogy)) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/78 "2014-07-29T18:25:16Z")
Number 9 is the most repetitive number. (Turn me on, dead man.) ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/79 "2014-07-30T06:08:33Z")
98.6 is the most normal number. 76 is the most trombonic number. Four score and seven is the most Linconian number. 10100 is the googolest number. > [@Dobbs](#): > > 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. Damn, beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/80 "2014-07-30T15:44:48Z")
2 is the oddest prime. 91 is the smallest composite number generally thought to be prime. 91 is also the smallest positive number that is the sum of two cubes in two different ways. 91 = 3^3 + 4^3 = (-5)^3 + 6^3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=5)