DAILY NO. 36 · 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 27, 2026 puzzle ran from a Velociraptor at 2 m to a Tyrannosaurus rex at 12.3 m — about 6× apart, drawing on dinosaurs. The pair furthest apart was round 4: a Pteranodon wingspan is 1.3× as big as a family sedan.
Answer: Parasaurolophus — 9.5 m. A Parasaurolophus measures 9.5 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a Triceratops at 9 m.
The hollow head crest may have worked like a trumpet.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Parasaurolophus when it sits beside a Triceratops — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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: Velociraptor — 2 m. A Velociraptor measures 2 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a queen bed at 2 m.
Real Velociraptors were closer to turkey-sized than movie monsters.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Velociraptor when it sits beside a queen bed — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Pteranodon Wingspan — 6 m. A Pteranodon wingspan measures 6 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a family sedan at 4.6 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 a family sedan — 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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