Self-describing matchstick number

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The word "SIX" can be spelled with six matchsticks (if you'll forgive my "S").

What is the next whole number n that can be spelled (in English, in all capital letters) with exactly n matchsticks?

You shall not break a match in two, nor redundantly double up matches on the same edge of a letter. You may, however, take advantage of glyph variants like one-stick sans-serif "I" versus three-stick seriffed "I".

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The word "SIX" can be spelled with six matchsticks (if you'll forgive my "S").

What is the next whole number n that can be spelled (in English, in all capital letters) with exactly n matchsticks?

You shall not break a match in two, nor redundantly double up matches on the same edge of a letter. You may, however, take advantage of glyph variants like one-stick sans-serif "I" versus three-stick seriffed "I".

matches

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The word "SIX" can be spelled with six matchsticks (if you'll forgive my "S").

What is the next whole number n that can be spelled (in English, in all capital letters) with exactly n matchsticks?

You shall not break a match in two, nor redundantly double up matches on the same edge of a letter. You may, however, take advantage of glyph variants like one-stick sans-serif "I" versus three-stick seriffed "I".

matches

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asked Aug 18 at 1:33

dan04

1,361617

The word "SIX" can be spelled with six matchsticks (if you'll forgive my "S").

What is the next whole number n that can be spelled (in English, in all capital letters) with exactly n matchsticks?

You shall not break a match in two, nor redundantly double up matches on the same edge of a letter. You may, however, take advantage of glyph variants like one-stick sans-serif "I" versus three-stick seriffed "I".

matches

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asked Aug 18 at 1:33

dan04

1,361617

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asked Aug 18 at 1:33

dan04

1,361617

asked Aug 18 at 1:33

dan04

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asked Aug 18 at 1:33

dan04

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1,361617

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You can do it with

10, if you are willing to have a really big capital E (which looks kind of funny, but I'll argue that it's a reasonable way to write the E)

with

Standard 2 sticks for T and 3 for N, but build the E as a backwards 3 from a digital clock, which uses 5 sticks.

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edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

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  Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
  – dan04
  Aug 18 at 2:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  @dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
  – Omphaloskopie
  Aug 18 at 5:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

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You can do

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So, it would look like

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edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

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up vote
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accepted

You can do it with

10, if you are willing to have a really big capital E (which looks kind of funny, but I'll argue that it's a reasonable way to write the E)

with

Standard 2 sticks for T and 3 for N, but build the E as a backwards 3 from a digital clock, which uses 5 sticks.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
  – dan04
  Aug 18 at 2:59
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
  – Omphaloskopie
  Aug 18 at 5:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
8
down vote



accepted

You can do it with

10, if you are willing to have a really big capital E (which looks kind of funny, but I'll argue that it's a reasonable way to write the E)

with

Standard 2 sticks for T and 3 for N, but build the E as a backwards 3 from a digital clock, which uses 5 sticks.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
  – dan04
  Aug 18 at 2:59
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
  – Omphaloskopie
  Aug 18 at 5:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
8
down vote



accepted

up vote
8
down vote



accepted

You can do it with

10, if you are willing to have a really big capital E (which looks kind of funny, but I'll argue that it's a reasonable way to write the E)

with

Standard 2 sticks for T and 3 for N, but build the E as a backwards 3 from a digital clock, which uses 5 sticks.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

You can do it with

10, if you are willing to have a really big capital E (which looks kind of funny, but I'll argue that it's a reasonable way to write the E)

with

Standard 2 sticks for T and 3 for N, but build the E as a backwards 3 from a digital clock, which uses 5 sticks.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

edited Aug 18 at 2:10

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

answered Aug 18 at 1:57

1848

1,3138

1,3138

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
  – dan04
  Aug 18 at 2:59
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
  – Omphaloskopie
  Aug 18 at 5:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
  – dan04
  Aug 18 at 2:59
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
  – Omphaloskopie
  Aug 18 at 5:21
  
  

  
  
  
  

Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
– dan04
Aug 18 at 2:59

Unorthodox, but I'll count it.
– dan04
Aug 18 at 2:59

@dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
– Omphaloskopie
Aug 18 at 5:21

@dan04 shouldn't this be the correct answer?
– Omphaloskopie
Aug 18 at 5:21

add a comment | 

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You can do

29

So, it would look like

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edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can visualize this
  – Xavier Stanton
  Aug 18 at 1:43
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
6
down vote

You can do

29

So, it would look like

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can visualize this
  – Xavier Stanton
  Aug 18 at 1:43
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
6
down vote

up vote
6
down vote

You can do

29

So, it would look like

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

You can do

29

So, it would look like

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

edited Aug 18 at 1:54

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

answered Aug 18 at 1:36

QuantumTwinkie

10.3k21772

10.3k21772

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can visualize this
  – Xavier Stanton
  Aug 18 at 1:43
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can visualize this
  – Xavier Stanton
  Aug 18 at 1:43
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

I can visualize this
– Xavier Stanton
Aug 18 at 1:43

I can visualize this
– Xavier Stanton
Aug 18 at 1:43

add a comment | 

 

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