DAILY NO. 17 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five food & drink Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 8, 2026 puzzle ran from an apple at 8 cm to a French baguette at 65 cm — about 8× apart, drawing on food & drink. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a hamburger is 1.3× as big as a chocolate chip cookie.
Answer: Hard-Shell Taco — 15 cm. A hard-shell taco measures 15 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
A hard shell is folded from a flat tortilla, so the shell is as wide as the tortilla was.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hard-shell taco when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Hamburger — 10 cm. A hamburger measures 10 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
A patty shrinks by about a quarter on the grill, which is why the bun always looks oversized.
Common miss: players tend to compress a hamburger when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Apple — 8 cm. An apple measures 8 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a hamburger at 10 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 hamburger — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Large Pizza — 35.6 cm. A large pizza measures 35.6 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
A 14-inch large pizza measures 35.6 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to compress a large pizza when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: French Baguette — 65 cm. A French baguette measures 65 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a concert flute at 67 cm.
French law fixes the baguette’s ingredients rather than its length, but 65 cm is the custom.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a French baguette when it sits beside a concert flute — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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