I supposed the 16th power would then be Zenzizenzizenzizenzic and so forth.
momoraul 2 hours ago [-]
Just "zenzi" stacked three times. They really committed to the bit.
sublinear 2 hours ago [-]
> dating from a time when powers were written out in words rather than as superscript numbers ... he wrote that it "doeth represent the square of squares squaredly".
This is a great example of why bad naming conventions are a "smell". It strongly implies that the solution does not yet fully understand the problem it's trying to solve.
not_a_bot_4sho 2 hours ago [-]
Waiting for an AI startup to create a phononym of this, in the same vein as Google did...
graypegg 2 hours ago [-]
> …it survives as a linguistic oddity: zenzizenzizenzic has more Zs than any other word in the OED.
I am an absolutely garbage scrabble player, but I will be keeping this gem in my back pocket… probably a rare case to play it though haha
Sparkle-san 2 hours ago [-]
Scrabble only comes with one Z, so some of those are gonna have be sideways N's.
gjm11 2 hours ago [-]
Also, a Scrabble board is 15 squares across and ZENZIZENZIZENZIC is 16 letters, so even with a Scrabble set with extra Zs or blanks you couldn't ever play it.
dylan604 1 hours ago [-]
even if you just played the root zenzic would be great score, but again, the solitary z would make a wee bit difficult
conradludgate 2 hours ago [-]
With one Z tile and 2 blanks...
darth_aardvark 2 hours ago [-]
In addition to the Z's everyone else pointed out, Scrabble boards are 15 tiles across. This is 16 letters. You fool. You utter gumdrop.
lbo462 2 hours ago [-]
That is actually pretty cool
AStrangeMorrow 2 hours ago [-]
Someone watched “The rest is Science” I imagine!
marcusb 1 hours ago [-]
Or tried that vocabulary estimator that is currently on the front page (it gave me zenzizenizenic in the last section.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-5lQ2mzuw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586
redirects to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power
I supposed the 16th power would then be Zenzizenzizenzizenzic and so forth.
This is a great example of why bad naming conventions are a "smell". It strongly implies that the solution does not yet fully understand the problem it's trying to solve.
I am an absolutely garbage scrabble player, but I will be keeping this gem in my back pocket… probably a rare case to play it though haha