sesvigintillion

Q What is the answer to googol minus 1? — Zachary Jon Walder, Stockton School, Cherry Hill A A googol is a fun name for a huge number. It's a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. So 1 less is 100 nines, or a 9 followed by 99 nines. Here’s how to say that number: 9 duotrigintillion, 999 untrigintillion, 999 trigintillion, 999 novemvigintillion, 999 octovigintillion, 999 septemvigintillion, 999 sesvigintillion, 999 quinvigintillion, 999 quattuorvigintillion, 999 tresvigintillion, 999 duovigintillion, 999 unvigintillion, 999 vigintillion, 999 novemdecillion, 999 octodecillion, 999 septendecillion, 999 sexdecillion, 999 quindecillion, 999 quattuordecillion, 999 tredecillion, 999 duodecillion, 999 undecillion, 999 decillion, 999 nonillion, 999 octillion, 999 septillion, 999 sextillion, 999 quintillion, 999 quadrillion, 999 trillion, 999 billion, 999 million, 999 thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine.

1999 April 25, Peter Mucha, “Kids’ Talk”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 170th year, number 329, Philadelphia, Pa.: Philadelphia Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G4, columns 1–2

In fact, according to HowSecureIsMyPassword.net, would take a computer about 112 SESVIGINTILLION YEARS to crack your password!!! That’s by far the highest score I’ve ever seen on that site, and is probably the biggest number I’ve ever heard of anywhere, BTW.

2016 April 15, Ted Curran, “Use a URL as a Strong Password? #CrazyTalk”, in Ted Curran.net: Tips, Tricks, and Lifehacks for Online Educators, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020

The rest of you are welcome to this exclusive blog segment about trash digging! Trash Dig takes a 95 x 32 grid and generates a virtual scrapheap for you to dig through with your friends, with over 3.55 sesvigintillion layouts. Try them all! Er, somehow!

2019 October 4, Oskar Thysell, “New on Java Realms: An Eight Course Meal of Maps”, in Minecraft, Stockholm: Mojang Studios, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2019

The Dogic has twelve sides and has far more possible positions. The Dogic can have 22 sesvigintillion positions compared to quintillions of positions for the standard 3x3 cube. That is 63 more zeroes, by the way.

2022 December 28, David Rubicon [pseudonym], “Beyond the Cube: Exploring the Vast World of Rubik’s Cube Variations”, in The Solving Guide of the Rubik’s Cube Puzzle, →ISBN