DAILY NO. 36 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five 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 27, 2026 puzzle ran from a Goliath beetle at 11 cm to an American school bus at 10.7 m — about 97× apart, drawing on pokémon, insects & bugs, vehicles. The pair furthest apart was round 4: an American school bus is about 1.1× smaller than a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Answer: Carbink — 30 cm. Carbink measures 30 cm (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Sunkern at 30 cm.
Carbink stands 30 cm tall and weighs 5.7 kg — almost exactly the height of a wine bottle (30 cm).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Carbink when it sits beside Sunkern — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Houndour — 60 cm. Houndour measures 60 cm (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Shuckle at 60 cm.
Houndour stands 60 cm tall and weighs 10.8 kg — almost exactly the height of a violin (59 cm).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Houndour when it sits beside Shuckle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Goliath Beetle — 11 cm. A Goliath beetle measures 11 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a monarch butterfly at 10 cm.
Among the heaviest insects alive — the larvae can reach 100 g.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Goliath beetle when it sits beside a monarch butterfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: American School Bus — 10.7 m. An American school bus measures 10.7 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a Tyrannosaurus rex at 12.3 m.
A full-size American school bus is commonly around 10.7 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an American school bus when it sits beside a Tyrannosaurus rex — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Chesnaught — 1.6 m. Chesnaught measures 1.6 m (height), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, Typhlosion at 1.7 m.
Chesnaught stands 1.6 m tall and weighs 90 kg — a little shorter than a hockey stick (1.65 m).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Chesnaught when it sits beside Typhlosion — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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