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Washington · in-format generated example

CLI1052 — license plate combination

CLI1052 is filed as a generated example of the Washington sequential passenger serial — AAA9999 (3 letters + 4 digits). Letters CLI sit in positions 1, 2, 3; digits 1052 sit in positions 4, 5, 6, 7. This page does not identify a car, an owner, or a live registration. It measures how the string sits inside a published character map of 175,760,000 slots, adopted in this atlas from 2010 after ABC-1234 and mountain graphic resets.

Disclaimer. CLI1052 is not published here as a real vehicle or plate record. It is a generated example of a serial map for teaching and testing.

Plate text
CLI1052
Alphanumeric
CLI1052
State format
Washington · AAA9999
Character count
7
Letters
CLI
Numbers
1052
Letter positions
1, 2, 3
Numeric positions
4, 5, 6, 7
Combinations in map
175,760,000
Mixed-radix rank
16,461,052

How to read CLI1052

Spoken: Charlie · Lima · India · one · zero · five · two. Normalised forms: CLI1052, slug cli-1052, display CLI1052.

Character map

PositionGlyphClassRole
1CLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Charlie).
2LLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Lima).
3ILetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: India).
41DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: one).
50DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: zero).
65DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: five).
72DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: two).

Washington format in brief

Washington’s Evergreen State plates moved through ABC-1234 into a no-dash seven-character block as cameras and dies simplified.

SPR9932 matches the skeleton. Display may add a hyphen only as a normalisation. Full essay: Washington license-plate format.

Combinatorics for CLI1052

Alphabet size 26 × the digit slots in AAA9999 produces 175,760,000 serials. Rank 16,461,052 is about the 9.3656 percentile of that space (0 = first serial, 100 = last).

States whose map accepts CLI1052

Serial neighbours of CLI1052

Deterministic rank deltas. These links do not change on refresh.

Similar combinations (this request)

Same Washington map, new PHP random draw on every reload — extra internal links, not a new identity for CLI1052.

Why someone might look up CLI1052

UseNote
Vanity researchPeople compare a wanted phrase against the sequential map so they can see whether it is a standard serial or a specialty request.
Fleet labellingInventories and film-unit vehicles often need a plausible unused-looking serial that still obeys a state’s character classes.
Fiction and propsWriters and set designers pick a combination that could exist on a given state’s dies without copying a photographed car.
Dataset testingOCR, ANPR and form-validation tests need strings that match a published pattern, including separators.
Format teachingThe combination is a worked example of how many plates a map can hold, not a window into a motor-vehicle file.

Generated example versus a real plate

A real Washington plate is a physical die issued from a series or a vanity queue. CLI1052 on this URL is a string that fits that series’ character classes. Identical glyphs can exist in both worlds; this website has no feed that would let it tell them apart. If you need an official answer, ask the Washington motor-vehicle agency, not plates.autos.

Questions about CLI1052

Which state does CLI1052 belong to?

CLI1052 is analysed here as a generated example of the Washington passenger serial (AAA9999). It is not assigned to a motorist by this site. The glyphs fit the sequential passenger skeleton used in this atlas.

Is CLI1052 real?

No claim is made that CLI1052 is currently issued, expired, or reserved. The string sits inside a published character map. Whether a DMV ever stamped it is a registration fact this atlas does not observe.

What does CLI1052 mean?

CLI1052 is a serial, not a slogan. Letters CLI occupy positions 1, 2, 3; digits 1052 occupy positions 4, 5, 6, 7. Spoken with the NATO alphabet it reads Charlie · Lima · India · one · zero · five · two.

Which state uses CLI1052?

This page files CLI1052 under Washington because it fits that state’s AAA9999 passenger map. The same alphanumeric string also fits Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin. Other states with a different skeleton will reject the same glyphs.

Which vehicle uses CLI1052?

None that this atlas knows of. There is no vehicle make, model, colour, or VIN attached to CLI1052. If you photographed a car, the door-jamb sticker and the registration — not this page — identify the vehicle.

Which state’s format does CLI1052 follow?

Washington sequential passenger plates are taught here as AAA9999 (3 letters + 4 digits), in use in this atlas from 2010. Earlier Washington plates used ABC-1234 and mountain graphic resets.

Is CLI1052 a vanity plate?

Probably not, as modelled. Sequential passenger serials are issued in series; vanity (personalised) plates are requested strings that often break AAA9999. CLI1052 fits the sequential map, so this atlas treats it as a series example, not a purchased phrase.

How is CLI1052 read?

Left to right as printed: CLI1052. Aloud: Charlie · Lima · India · one · zero · five · two. Hyphens and spaces are separators in the published pattern, not extra serial values.

Which letters and numbers are in CLI1052?

Letters: CLI (3). Digits: 1052 (4). Combined alphanumeric length: 7. Separators in the Washington display form are taken from AAA9999.

How many combinations can the CLI1052 format produce?

The Washington map AAA9999 with a 26-letter alphabet yields 175,760,000 distinct serials. CLI1052 sits at rank 16,461,052 in that mixed-radix order (about the 9.3656 percentile).

Could CLI1052 have been issued before?

It could, mathematically: the string is inside the 175,760,000-slot space. Issuance is a DMV operation (series rolls, skipped blocks, recalls). This page does not query a live file and cannot say whether CLI1052 was ever bolted to a bumper.

Why does CLI1052 appear on Google?

Because plates.autos publishes a stable analysis URL for the combination. Search engines that crawl https://plates.autos/washington/license-plate-combinations/cli-1052/ are reading an educational combinatorics page, not a leaked registration. Ranking is not a proof of issuance.

Which country or region is CLI1052 from?

The working assumption on this page is the United States, West region, state of Washington. Other countries use different dies, shields and checksums. A similar glyph string abroad would be a coincidence of alphabet, not a shared registry.

Is CLI1052 a valid US format?

CLI1052 is a valid glyph string under the Washington AAA9999 sequential passenger model used in this atlas. Validity here means “fits a documented sequential passenger skeleton,” not “cleared by a motor-vehicle agency.” Optional, military, and government plates are out of scope.

Which characters can appear on CLI1052?

On the Washington sequential map: letters from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and digits 0–9. Skipped letters in this atlas: none modelled. Separators: whatever AAA9999 prints (space, hyphen, or dot). Decorative dies and stacked graphics do not add serial glyphs.

How might CLI1052 have been generated?

Two honest answers. A DMV would emit it by walking the AAA9999 series. This website can also construct it with PHP by placing letters CLI and digits 1052 into those slots — which is exactly how a generated example is made. Neither method is a public records search.

Was CLI1052 used in a film or series?

This atlas does not track screen-used plates. Prop departments often invent in-format serials. If CLI1052 appeared on camera, that is outside the dataset here; treat any match as unverified.

Why might CLI1052 be blurred in a photo?

Publishers, Street View pipelines, and news desks often blur plates as a privacy habit, not because CLI1052 is special. A blur is not evidence that the combination is issued, sensitive, or unique.

What are similar plate numbers to CLI1052?

Immediate serial neighbours increment the mixed-radix rank by small deltas (for example CLI1049 and CLI1050). Same-format random draws on this page change on refresh so crawlers can discover more in-class URLs without turning CLI1052 itself into a moving target.

What appears online about CLI1052?

You may find this analysis, forum guesses, or unrelated hits (part numbers, product SKUs). None of those sources, including plates.autos, is a substitute for a state records request. CLI1052 as published here is a generated example combination.