DAILY NO. 12 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five sports objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 12, 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: a hockey stick measures 1.6 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a floor lamp at 1.6 m.
A stick is fitted to reach between the chin and the nose when the player is standing on skates.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hockey stick when it sits beside a floor lamp — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a bowling ball measures 21.8 cm (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 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 NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a golf ball measures 4.3 cm (length / span), which is about 1.8× smaller than the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.
A golf ball cannot be smaller than 42.67 mm in diameter.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a golf ball when it sits beside a hockey puck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a hockey puck measures 7.6 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a hamburger at 10 cm.
A regulation puck is exactly three inches across.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hockey puck when it sits beside a hamburger — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a basketball hoop measures 3 m (height), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a surfboard at 2 m.
The rim is exactly 10 feet above the floor.
Common miss: players tend to compress a basketball hoop when it sits beside a surfboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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