DAILY NO. 3 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The September 24, 2026 puzzle ran from a golden retriever at 94 cm to an adult orca at 7.5 m — about 8× apart, drawing on animals. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a golden retriever is 1.4× as big as a French baguette.
Puzzle #3 asked about an adult orca, an adult giraffe, a grizzly bear, a dairy cow and a golden retriever. Each answer below gives the measured size, the reference it stood beside and the source behind the number. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: Adult Orca — 7.5 m. An adult orca measures 7.5 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, an American pickup truck at 5.9 m.
Adult male orcas can grow beyond eight metres.
Common miss: players tend to compress an adult orca when it sits beside an American pickup truck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Adult Giraffe — 5.2 m. An adult giraffe measures 5.2 m (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, the Apollo Lunar Module at 6.9 m.
Adult giraffes commonly stand between 4.5 and 5.5 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an adult giraffe when it sits beside the Apollo Lunar Module — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Grizzly Bear — 2 m. A grizzly bear measures 2 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a Velociraptor at 2 m.
A grizzly can measure about two metres from nose to rump.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a grizzly bear when it sits beside a Velociraptor — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Dairy Cow — 2.4 m. A dairy cow measures 2.4 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an adult horse at 2.4 m.
A full-grown dairy cow can be roughly 2.4 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a dairy cow when it sits beside an adult horse — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Golden Retriever — 94 cm. A golden retriever measures 94 cm (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a French baguette at 65 cm.
An adult Golden Retriever is close to a metre from nose to rump.
Common miss: players tend to compress a golden retriever when it sits beside a French baguette — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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