DAILY NO. 9 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five technology 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 office printer measures 45 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
Width is set by the paper path — A4 and Letter need the same clearance.
Common miss: players tend to compress an office printer when it sits beside a computer keyboard — 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.
Answer: a camera drone measures 35 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Measured diagonally between motors, the dimension most drone regulations use.
Common miss: players tend to compress a camera drone when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a game controller measures 16 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
Controller width has hardly moved since the 1990s — hands did not get bigger.
Common miss: players tend to compress a game controller when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a server rack measures 2 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
A full rack is commonly around two metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress a server rack when it sits beside a refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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