Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2016 I am thinking of a number. The number, if spelled out in English, is nine letters long. Exactly 5 of these 9 letters are vowels (a, e, i, o or u). What is the number? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plainglazed 67 Report post Posted December 5, 2016 Spoiler for the best I can come up with...so far Spoiler a couple pi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 That is not the number I am thinking of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 not it, I know...but it was close Spoiler googolplex 5 vowels, but 10 letters long Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Pickett said: not it, I know...but it was close Hide contents googolplex 5 vowels, but 10 letters long Not sure what I was thinking when i wrote that...not even 5 vowels...I'll shut up now ;c) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 Spoiler If you count "y" (which in this case is a vowel): eighty-one But you didn't have "y" listed, so I'm guessing not... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 Spoiler If you count "y" (which in this case is a vowel): eighty-one But you didn't have "y" listed, so I'm guessing not... Spoiler If you count "y" (which in this case is a vowel): eighty-one But you didn't have "y" listed, so I'm guessing not... Spoiler If you count "y" (which in this case is a vowel): eighty-one But you didn't have "y" listed, so I'm guessing not... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 No "Y" at all in the number. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 7, 2016 curious as to how obscure these are or even the pronunciation allowed for these. Here are some examples of what I would consider "valid", but probably not what you're looking for: Spoiler π/1 = "pi over one" 1.1 = "one dot one" 0.0 = "oh point oh" So it really comes down to what "words" or "interpretations" are allowed here? Are greek letters allowed? are "non-standard" pronunciations of digits allowed? What about mathematical symbols? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2016 The number I am thinking of is specific, one word and familiar to everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted December 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Biotop said: The number I am thinking of is specific, one word and familiar to everyone. Well then I've got nothing...closest I can think of that even relates to numbers is Spoiler solitaire Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2016 On 12/7/2016 at 2:35 PM, Pickett said: Well then I've got nothing...closest I can think of that even relates to numbers is Hide contents solitaire This is not the number I am thinking of. On 12/7/2016 at 2:35 PM, Pickett said: Well then I've got nothing...closest I can think of that even relates to numbers is Hide contents solitaire The number I am thinking of is specific, one word and familiar to everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Wilson 17 Report post Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) Maybe with a bit of cheetahing.....[spoiler="spoiler title here within quotes"]coalition?[/spoiler] Edited December 12, 2016 by Wilson sry my spoilers are gubbed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 No. That is not the number I am thinking of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2016 Puzzles are funny things. You never know who will solve what. I work in a grocery store, and we had our staff Christmas party yesterday. Just for fun, I posed this riddle to the group, explaining how it had been sitting unsolved here for weeks. It did not take long for someone there to give the correct answer. Puzzles are funny things. You never know who will solve what. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2016 Some hints: The number does not contain a "T" The number does not contain an "S" I e-mailed this riddle to my sister, a computer science professor and math specialist, and she could not solve it. Finally I had to tell her the answer. So the next day she asked some of her students in class the same riddle, and they got it rather quickly. Puzzles are funny things. I guess you never know who will solve what. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Molly Mae 103 Report post Posted April 19, 2017 Is it "nine letters long"? The number doesn't have T or S, it has 5 vowels and consists of 9 different letters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plainglazed 67 Report post Posted April 19, 2017 perhaps Spoiler 111 could be read as one-eleven or Spoiler 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 might be one-googol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2017 On 12/5/2016 at 2:16 PM, plainglazed said: Reveal hidden contents a couple pi Neither of those is the number I am thinking of. No hyphen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 petfit 0 Report post Posted June 4, 2017 Eighty four Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2017 Per the riddle, the vowels must be among a, e, i, o, and u. The number I am thinking of has no "Y." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted June 9, 2017 Mind telling us (or PMing me) the answer? as it has been 6 months with no correct answers and the participation seems to have dwindled... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plainglazed 67 Report post Posted June 12, 2017 legalmente? Spoiler dieciocho? as written in English - Dieciocho means eighteen in Spanish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Biotop 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2017 On 6/12/2017 at 1:27 PM, plainglazed said: legalmente? Hide contents dieciocho? as written in English - Dieciocho means eighteen in Spanish. Good answer. But the number I am thinking of is not from another language. It is English. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 phaze 91 Report post Posted June 19, 2017 still not sure of the exact number but I believe it is "a prime one" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 petfit 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 one eleven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am thinking of a number. The number, if spelled out in English, is nine letters long. Exactly 5 of these 9 letters are vowels (a, e, i, o or u).
What is the number?
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