DAILY NO. 18 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five geography 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 9, 2026 puzzle ran from Manhattan Island at 21.6 km to Africa at 8,000 km — about 370× apart, drawing on geography. The pair furthest apart was round 3: Manhattan Island is about 55.6× smaller than Italy.
Answer: Brazil — 4,320 km. Brazil measures 4,320 km (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, Australia at 4,000 km.
Brazil is almost exactly as wide as it is tall — roughly 4,300 km either way.
Common miss: players tend to compress Brazil when it sits beside Australia — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Africa — 8,000 km. Africa measures 8,000 km (height), which is 3× as big as the reference, Greenland at 2,670 km.
Africa spans roughly 8,000 kilometres from north to south.
Common miss: players tend to compress Africa when it sits beside Greenland — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Manhattan Island — 21.6 km. Manhattan Island measures 21.6 km (height), which is about 55.6× smaller than the reference, Italy at 1,200 km.
Manhattan is about 21.6 kilometres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Manhattan Island when it sits beside Italy — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Japan — 3,000 km. Japan measures 3,000 km (height), which is 2.4× as big as the reference, California at 1,240 km.
Japan’s island arc extends around 3,000 kilometres.
Common miss: players tend to compress Japan when it sits beside California — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Hawaiʻi Island — 150 km. Hawaiʻi Island measures 150 km (length / span), which is about 6.7× smaller than the reference, metropolitan France at 1,000 km.
The Big Island is larger than all the other Hawaiian islands combined, and still growing.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Hawaiʻi Island when it sits beside metropolitan France — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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