DAILY NO. 37 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five technology 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 28, 2026 puzzle ran from a smartwatch at 4.5 cm to a 55-inch television at 1.2 m — about 27× apart, drawing on technology. The pair furthest apart was round 1: a smartwatch is about 2.1× smaller than a coffee mug.
Answer: Smartwatch — 4.5 cm. A smartwatch measures 4.5 cm (height), which is about 2.1× smaller than the reference, a coffee mug at 9.5 cm.
Watch cases are sold by case diameter in millimetres, and 45 mm is a large one.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a smartwatch when it sits beside a coffee mug — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Laptop Computer — 35 cm. A laptop computer measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a camera drone at 35 cm.
Measured across the closed lid, not along the screen’s diagonal.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a laptop computer when it sits beside a camera drone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: 55-Inch Television — 1.2 m. A 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
A 55-inch TV is 55 inches corner to corner; across the front it is only about 1.2 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a 55-inch television when it sits beside a baseball bat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Office Printer — 45 cm. An office printer measures 45 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
Width is set by the paper path — A4 and Letter need the same clearance.
Common miss: players tend to compress an office printer when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Desktop Computer Tower — 45 cm. A desktop computer tower measures 45 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a PlayStation 5 at 39 cm.
Tower cases are sized around the motherboard, a standard barely changed since 1995.
Common miss: players tend to compress a desktop computer tower when it sits beside a PlayStation 5 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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