DAILY NO. 7 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five technology objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 7, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: an office printer measures 45 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
Width is set by the paper path — A4 and Letter need the same clearance.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an office printer when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a PlayStation 5 measures 39 cm (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a desktop computer tower at 45 cm.
The largest home console ever sold, almost entirely because of its cooling.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a PlayStation 5 when it sits beside a desktop computer tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a smartphone measures 14.7 cm (height), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a paperback book at 20 cm.
Phones stopped growing at roughly the limit of what a thumb can reach one-handed.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a smartphone when it sits beside a paperback book — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a camera drone measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
Measured diagonally between motors, the dimension most drone regulations use.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a camera drone when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a golden retriever at 94 cm.
A 55-inch TV is 55 inches corner to corner; across the front it is only about 1.2 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a 55-inch television when it sits beside a golden retriever — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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