Alphabet Numbers Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

You can only use any letter once, what are the largest and smallest numbers that you could write down in words?

Example: EIGHTY
But not NINETY as N is used twice

Our Solution:

Largest: FIVE THOUSAND
Smallest: ZERO or NOUGHT
Or: MINUS FORTY (allowing negative numbers)

These are the smallest and largest possible numbers.

And for our Indian friends:
From Chiranjeev: the largest number is TEN LAC, and smallest is MINUS FORTY LAC.
From Krishna Sai Vootla: the largest number is FORTY LAKHS

Puzzle Author: Stephen Froggatt

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