DAILY NO. 13 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five food & drink objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 13, 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 ice cream cone measures 17 cm (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a carrot at 20 cm.
Measured from the point to the top of the scoop, a cone stands taller than a soda can.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an ice cream cone when it sits beside a carrot — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an apple measures 8 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
Supermarket apples are graded by diameter, and 8 cm counts as a large one.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an apple when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a French baguette measures 65 cm (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
French law fixes the baguette’s ingredients rather than its length, but 65 cm is the custom.
Common miss: players tend to compress a French baguette when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a wine bottle measures 30 cm (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a PlayStation 5 at 39 cm.
Almost every 750 ml bottle is the same height, whatever the shape of its shoulders.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a wine bottle when it sits beside a PlayStation 5 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a cheese wheel measures 36 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 cm.
A whole Parmigiano Reggiano wheel weighs close to 40 kg and ages for at least twelve months.
Common miss: players tend to compress a cheese wheel when it sits beside a large pizza — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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