DAILY NO. 9 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five sports objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 9, 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 American football measures 28 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
An American football is measured along its long axis; the pointed ends make it read larger than it is.
Common miss: players tend to compress an American football when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a bowling ball measures 21.8 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Every bowling ball is the same width — only the weight changes, from six to sixteen pounds.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a bowling ball when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a tennis racket measures 68.5 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
The rules allow up to 73.7 cm, but almost every player uses something just under 69 cm.
Common miss: players tend to compress a tennis racket when it sits beside a violin — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a soccer goal measures 7.3 m (length / span), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a Triceratops at 9 m.
A full-size association football goal is 7.32 metres wide.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a soccer goal when it sits beside a Triceratops — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a hockey puck measures 7.6 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an apple at 8 cm.
A regulation puck is exactly three inches across.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hockey puck when it sits beside an apple — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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