Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Wells in π?

Yes, Wells is in there, starting at decimal place 229,539.

From letters to digits

  1. W9
  2. E3
  3. L5
  4. L5
  5. S7

Type Wells on a phone keypad and you get 93557: 5 digits to hunt for.

Wells in the digits

Decimal place 229,539. Roughly 229,539 digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 243 digits back to deluges
  • 426 digits back to reviles
  • uniform, 1,088 digits on
  • uniforms, 1,088 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is deluges, 243 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

π skipped past your spot 229,538 times before it finally wrote your name.

The name race

Number 978 of 2,007: Wells beats 51% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names nearby in π

Wells is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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