DAILY NO. 4 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The September 25, 2026 puzzle ran from a mirrorless camera at 13 cm to a 55-inch television at 1.2 m — about 9× apart, drawing on technology. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a PlayStation 5 is about 1.5× smaller than a violin.
Puzzle #4 asked about a 55-inch television, a PlayStation 5, a mirrorless camera, a VR headset and a computer keyboard. 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: 55-Inch Television — 1.2 m. A 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
A 55-inch TV is 55 inches corner to corner; across the front it is only about 1.2 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a 55-inch television when it sits beside a baseball bat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: PlayStation 5 — 39 cm. A PlayStation 5 measures 39 cm (height), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
The largest home console ever sold, almost entirely because of its cooling.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a PlayStation 5 when it sits beside a violin — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Mirrorless Camera — 13 cm. A mirrorless camera measures 13 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a large dragonfly at 12 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 large dragonfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: VR Headset — 20 cm. A VR headset measures 20 cm (length / span), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
Most of the bulk is the gap the lenses need in front of your eyes.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a VR headset when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Computer Keyboard — 44 cm. A computer keyboard measures 44 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 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 large pizza — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Sizes are measured along the axis named in each round and link to their published source. Explore the full library by category, or read how scoring works.