Today's five sports 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.
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The October 27, 2026 puzzle ran from a golf ball at 4.3 cm to an American football field at 109.7 m — 3 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on sports. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a golf ball is about 1.8× smaller than a hockey puck.
ROUND 1
How long is an American football field compared with the Hollywood Sign?
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Answer: American Football Field — 109.7 m. An American football field measures 109.7 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Hollywood Sign at 106.7 m.
Goal line to goal line is 100 yards; end zones make the full field 120 yards.
Common miss: players tend to compress an American football field when it sits beside the Hollywood Sign — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
How long is an American football compared with an NBA basketball?
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Answer: American Football — 28 cm. An American football measures 28 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
An American football is measured along its long axis; the pointed ends make it read larger than it is.
Common miss: players tend to compress an American football when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
How tall is a basketball hoop compared with a surfboard?
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Answer: Basketball Hoop — 3 m. A basketball hoop measures 3 m (height), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a surfboard at 2 m.
The rim is exactly 10 feet above the floor.
Common miss: players tend to compress a basketball hoop when it sits beside a surfboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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