DAILY NO. 13 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five sports 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: a golf ball measures 4.3 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a house key at 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 house key — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a baseball bat measures 86 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
A common adult bat is 34 inches long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a baseball bat when it sits beside a 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a bowling ball measures 21.8 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, an American football at 28 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 American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an American football field measures 109.7 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Hollywood Sign at 106.7 m.
Goal line to goal line is 100 yards; end zones make the full field 120 yards.
Common miss: players tend to compress an American football field when it sits beside the Hollywood Sign — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a hockey puck measures 7.6 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
A regulation puck is exactly three inches across.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hockey puck when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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