2QUESTION 2 OF 3
Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
6,900
words
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
Start with the runtime, about 80 minutes. How much of it is talking? There are chases and a few songs, so call it half. People talk at maybe 150 words a minute.
- Runtime
- ~80 min
- Talking about half of it
- × 1/2
- Words a minute
- × 150
- 80 × 1/2 × 150
- ≈ 6,000
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Final-draft screenplay (IMSDb), dialogue lines only, counted
- 6,915 words
- Film subtitle transcript, song lyrics removed, counted
- 6,901 words
- ≈
- 6,900 words
Reference cited by Fermi: Toy Story's final-draft screenplay and its subtitle transcript: about 6,900 words of dialogue
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