DAILY NO. 29 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five everyday objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 20, 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 20, 2026 puzzle ran from a house key at 6 cm to a three-seat sofa at 2.2 m — about 37× apart, drawing on everyday. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a house key is about 1.7× smaller than a monarch butterfly.
Answer: Dining Chair — 90 cm. A dining chair measures 90 cm (height), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, an acoustic guitar at 1 m.
Chair dimensions are standardised around the table: 45 cm to the seat, 90 cm to the top of the back.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a dining chair when it sits beside an acoustic guitar — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Coffee Mug — 9.5 cm. A coffee mug measures 9.5 cm (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a light bulb at 11 cm.
A standard mug holds about 350 ml — the same as a soda can, in a shorter, wider package.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a coffee mug when it sits beside a light bulb — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: House Key — 6 cm. A house key measures 6 cm (length / span), which is about 1.7× smaller than the reference, a monarch butterfly at 10 cm.
Keys settle around 6 cm because that is what the lock cylinder needs, not the hand.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a house key when it sits beside a monarch butterfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Soda Can — 12.2 cm. A soda can measures 12.2 cm (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a smartphone at 14.7 cm.
The 330 ml can has kept essentially the same silhouette since 1963.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a soda can when it sits beside a smartphone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Three-Seat Sofa — 2.2 m. A three-seat sofa measures 2.2 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a queen bed at 2 m.
Two metres of sofa is mostly frame and armrest; the seating itself is nearer 1.6 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a three-seat sofa when it sits beside a queen bed — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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