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 Tower — 45 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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