Bacon number

noun

A number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounBacon number (plural Bacon numbers)

plural Bacon numbers

  1. A number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.
  2. A number defined such that someone who knows (defined to various strictnesses) Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, someone who knows somebody with a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

    quick fun fact about me.i have a bacon number of 5. my dad knew pope francis (before he was pope), who knows obama, who knows whoopi goldberg, who worked with kevin bacon

    2022 February 9, @lonzowastaken, X
Cite this entry
APA

Bacon number. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bacon%20number

MLA

“Bacon number.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bacon%20number. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bacon number,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bacon%20number.

Source: Bacon number on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.