DAILY NO. 25 · 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 16, 2026 puzzle ran from a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm to a cheese wheel at 36 cm — about 5× apart, drawing on food & drink. The pair furthest apart was round 5: an ice cream cone is 1.2× as big as a smartphone.
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: Cheese Wheel — 36 cm. A cheese wheel measures 36 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
A whole Parmigiano Reggiano wheel weighs close to 40 kg and ages for at least twelve months.
Common miss: players tend to compress a cheese wheel when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Birthday Cake — 25 cm. A birthday cake measures 25 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
A 25 cm round is the standard “serves twelve” size.
Common miss: players tend to compress a birthday cake when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Chocolate Chip Cookie — 8 cm. A chocolate chip cookie measures 8 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.
A bakery cookie spreads to roughly twice the diameter of the dough ball it started as.
Common miss: players tend to compress a chocolate chip cookie when it sits beside a hockey puck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Ice Cream Cone — 17 cm. An ice cream cone measures 17 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a smartphone at 14.7 cm.
Measured from the point to the top of the scoop, a cone stands taller than a soda can.
Common miss: players tend to compress an ice cream cone when it sits beside a smartphone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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