DAILY NO. 14 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 5, 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.
The October 5, 2026 puzzle ran from a giant wētā at 10 cm to a rescue helicopter at 17.8 m — about 178× apart, drawing on technology, insects & bugs, space, vehicles, music. The pair furthest apart was round 3: the Apollo Lunar Module is 3.4× as big as a US interior door.
Answer: Office Printer — 45 cm. An office printer measures 45 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
Width is set by the paper path — A4 and Letter need the same clearance.
How people guessed: across 42 runs the typical guess was 45.2 cm — almost exactly right.
Answer: Giant Wētā — 10 cm. A giant wētā measures 10 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.
One of the heaviest insects on Earth — a large female outweighs a sparrow.
How people guessed: across 42 runs the typical guess was 9.1 cm — 9% too small.
Answer: Apollo Lunar Module — 6.9 m. The Apollo Lunar Module measures 6.9 m (height), which is 3.4× as big as the reference, a US interior door at 2 m.
It stood about as tall as a two-storey house, and only the top half ever came back.
How people guessed: across 42 runs the typical guess was 12 m — 75% too large. The most common miss is picturing the Apollo Lunar Module far bigger than a US interior door really allows.
Answer: Rescue Helicopter — 17.8 m. A rescue helicopter measures 17.8 m (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a Tyrannosaurus rex at 12.3 m.
Most of the length is tail boom — the cabin itself is barely longer than a van.
How people guessed: across 42 runs the typical guess was 13.3 m — 25% too small.
Answer: Trombone — 90 cm. A trombone measures 90 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
Measured closed — running the slide out to seventh position adds more than half a metre.
How people guessed: across 42 runs the typical guess was 93.8 cm — almost exactly right.
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.