DAILY NO. 10 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS

Size It Up answers – September 10, 2026

The five technology objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 10, 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.

ROUND 1

Desktop Computer Tower45 cm

Answer: a desktop computer tower measures 45 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a PlayStation 5 at 39 cm.

Tower cases are sized around the motherboard, a standard barely changed since 1995.

Common miss: players tend to compress a desktop computer tower when it sits beside a PlayStation 5 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 2

Computer Keyboard44 cm

Answer: a computer keyboard measures 44 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.

Full-size boards owe their width to the number pad; tenkeyless models lose about 10 cm.

Common miss: players tend to compress a computer keyboard when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 3

Laptop Computer35 cm

Answer: a laptop computer measures 35 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.

Measured across the closed lid, not along the screen’s diagonal.

Common miss: players tend to inflate a laptop computer when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 4

VR Headset20 cm

Answer: a VR headset measures 20 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a game controller at 16 cm.

Most of the bulk is the gap the lenses need in front of your eyes.

Common miss: players tend to compress a VR headset when it sits beside a game controller — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 5

Mirrorless Camera13 cm

Answer: a mirrorless camera measures 13 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a monarch butterfly at 10 cm.

Dropping the mirror box let camera bodies shrink by about a third.

Common miss: players tend to compress a mirrorless camera when it sits beside a monarch butterfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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