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Washington · in-format generated example

REF7380 — license plate combination

REF7380 is filed as a generated example of the Washington sequential passenger serial — AAA9999 (3 letters + 4 digits). Letters REF sit in positions 1, 2, 3; digits 7380 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. REF7380 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
REF7380
Alphanumeric
REF7380
State format
Washington · AAA9999
Character count
7
Letters
REF
Numbers
7380
Letter positions
1, 2, 3
Numeric positions
4, 5, 6, 7
Combinations in map
175,760,000
Mixed-radix rank
116,017,380

How to read REF7380

Spoken: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · seven · three · eight · zero. Normalised forms: REF7380, slug ref-7380, display REF7380.

Character map

PositionGlyphClassRole
1RLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Romeo).
2ELetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Echo).
3FLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Foxtrot).
47DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: seven).
53DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: three).
68DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: eight).
70DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: zero).

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 REF7380

Alphabet size 26 × the digit slots in AAA9999 produces 175,760,000 serials. Rank 116,017,380 is about the 66.009 percentile of that space (0 = first serial, 100 = last).

States whose map accepts REF7380

Serial neighbours of REF7380

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 REF7380.

Why someone might look up REF7380

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. REF7380 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 REF7380

Which state does REF7380 belong to?

REF7380 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 REF7380 real?

No claim is made that REF7380 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 REF7380 mean?

REF7380 is a serial, not a slogan. Letters REF occupy positions 1, 2, 3; digits 7380 occupy positions 4, 5, 6, 7. Spoken with the NATO alphabet it reads Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · seven · three · eight · zero.

Which state uses REF7380?

This page files REF7380 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 REF7380?

None that this atlas knows of. There is no vehicle make, model, colour, or VIN attached to REF7380. If you photographed a car, the door-jamb sticker and the registration — not this page — identify the vehicle.

Which state’s format does REF7380 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 REF7380 a vanity plate?

Probably not, as modelled. Sequential passenger serials are issued in series; vanity (personalised) plates are requested strings that often break AAA9999. REF7380 fits the sequential map, so this atlas treats it as a series example, not a purchased phrase.

How is REF7380 read?

Left to right as printed: REF7380. Aloud: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · seven · three · eight · zero. Hyphens and spaces are separators in the published pattern, not extra serial values.

Which letters and numbers are in REF7380?

Letters: REF (3). Digits: 7380 (4). Combined alphanumeric length: 7. Separators in the Washington display form are taken from AAA9999.

How many combinations can the REF7380 format produce?

The Washington map AAA9999 with a 26-letter alphabet yields 175,760,000 distinct serials. REF7380 sits at rank 116,017,380 in that mixed-radix order (about the 66.009 percentile).

Could REF7380 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 REF7380 was ever bolted to a bumper.

Why does REF7380 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/ref-7380/ are reading an educational combinatorics page, not a leaked registration. Ranking is not a proof of issuance.

Which country or region is REF7380 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 REF7380 a valid US format?

REF7380 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 REF7380?

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 REF7380 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 REF and digits 7380 into those slots — which is exactly how a generated example is made. Neither method is a public records search.

Was REF7380 used in a film or series?

This atlas does not track screen-used plates. Prop departments often invent in-format serials. If REF7380 appeared on camera, that is outside the dataset here; treat any match as unverified.

Why might REF7380 be blurred in a photo?

Publishers, Street View pipelines, and news desks often blur plates as a privacy habit, not because REF7380 is special. A blur is not evidence that the combination is issued, sensitive, or unique.

What are similar plate numbers to REF7380?

Immediate serial neighbours increment the mixed-radix rank by small deltas (for example REF7377 and REF7378). Same-format random draws on this page change on refresh so crawlers can discover more in-class URLs without turning REF7380 itself into a moving target.

What appears online about REF7380?

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. REF7380 as published here is a generated example combination.