Braingle: 'Not a lot-o-letters' Brain Teaser

Not a lot-o-letters

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Puzzle ID:	#7292
Fun:	(2.73)
Difficulty:	(2.77)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	Mogmatt16

What is the highest known number that can be written with 4 letters?

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Mogmatt16 Sep 17, 2002	I never intended for this to be under other and not science, but a Mole is a sience trem used to discribe that amount of atoms in an object.
BigSurf18 Sep 18, 2002	Wasn't what I had in mind, but good job. Totally got me!
(user deleted) Oct 02, 2002	Excellent teaser. Honest, straightforward, accurate and anyone could find the answer if the research gets done.
clarkone68 Nov 12, 2002	A mole is 5 letters
(user deleted) Nov 12, 2002	oh well it was hard an very brain teasin but ok
Dazza Nov 12, 2002	I was thinking Many or Lots. Can they be more than a Mole?
Bender Nov 12, 2002	All those zeros in the answer are actually incorrect. A mole is 6.0221367... * 10^23.
Mogmatt16 Nov 12, 2002	well close enough
(user deleted) Nov 12, 2002	Count again, it's correct as written. 10^23.
Veener325 Nov 12, 2002	What a coincidence!! We just studied moles in chemistry and "mole day" 10/23 just passed...my class was going to have a party like many other schools but we ended up having testing...i just found it funny that this is exactly what we are studing!
Mogmatt16 Nov 13, 2002	no, bender is right with his value of a mole. However, mine is the more commenly used value
jjbcaacdeezz Nov 13, 2002	never heard of a mole before.
jimmh22 Jun 02, 2003	avagadro's #
rashad Aug 18, 2004	Gram molecule
I_am_the_Omega Nov 22, 2004	Hmm.. I was thinking "nine," then I was thinking like... MMMM for Roman numerals... I don't know if a mole really counts as a number though... what do you think? Obviously no one will ever read this since it's a 2 yo teaser, so who really cares.. but still. I mean, "mole" is the name, but when it's written, it's written as "mol."
Brandi72 Dec 08, 2004	I learned something from this. I knew you were saying dont turn a mountain into a mole hill.. just did not know that was called a "mole"
(user deleted) Jul 02, 2005	Actually, this is Avogadro's Number. A mole is a mass containing Avogadro's number of atoms.
_numpty_ Oct 26, 2006	How about: cccc (where c is the speed of light) = 8.08x10^33 or dending on your definition of four letters: c^c^c^c. I'll leave the final calculation for that one to someone else.
dunchen22 Jun 14, 2007	tricky. I like it
xdbtcp May 24, 2010	I thought google (1 followed by 100 zeroes) 4 letters - G, O, L, E (G and O are used twice, but still uses just 4 letters...)
racoonieboy Jul 19, 2010	Googol is spelled with three letters. I'm sorry.
Mathgeek007 Sep 05, 2011	^ Win. Googol, not Google. Google is the website.