DAILY NO. 28 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five dinosaurs 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 19, 2026 puzzle ran from a Pteranodon wingspan at 6 m to a Diplodocus at 25 m — about 4× apart, drawing on dinosaurs. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a Diplodocus is 2× as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Answer: Allosaurus — 8.5 m. An Allosaurus measures 8.5 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a Stegosaurus at 9 m.
The common large predator of its day: far more Allosaurus fossils exist than T. rex ones.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an Allosaurus when it sits beside a Stegosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Diplodocus — 25 m. A Diplodocus measures 25 m (length / span), which is 2× as big as the reference, a Tyrannosaurus rex at 12.3 m.
Almost half of Diplodocus was tail, which may have cracked like a whip.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Diplodocus when it sits beside a Tyrannosaurus rex — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Stegosaurus — 9 m. A Stegosaurus measures 9 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a Triceratops at 9 m.
A brain the size of a lime, in a body as long as a bus.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Stegosaurus when it sits beside a Triceratops — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Pteranodon Wingspan — 6 m. A Pteranodon wingspan measures 6 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an American pickup truck at 5.9 m.
Measured across the wings — a span no living bird comes close to.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Pteranodon wingspan when it sits beside an American pickup truck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Tyrannosaurus rex — 12.3 m. A Tyrannosaurus rex measures 12.3 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, an American school bus at 10.7 m.
A large T. rex reached around 12.3 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Tyrannosaurus rex when it sits beside an American school bus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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