DAILY NO. 38 · 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 29, 2026 puzzle ran from Chespin at 40 cm to California at 1,240 km — 6 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on geography, pokémon, vehicles. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a cruising sailboat is about 1.1× smaller than an American school bus.
Answer: California — 1,240 km. California measures 1,240 km (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Italy at 1,200 km.
California is roughly 1,240 kilometres from north to south.
Common miss: players tend to compress California when it sits beside Italy — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Braixen — 1 m. Braixen measures 1 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Bergmite at 1 m.
Braixen stands 1 m tall and weighs 14.5 kg — almost exactly the height of an acoustic guitar (1 m).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Braixen when it sits beside Bergmite — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Cruising Sailboat — 10 m. A cruising sailboat measures 10 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, an American school bus at 10.7 m.
A modest cruising yacht is commonly around ten metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a cruising sailboat when it sits beside an American school bus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Chespin — 40 cm. Chespin measures 40 cm (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Hoppip at 40 cm.
Chespin stands 40 cm tall and weighs 9 kg — almost exactly the height of a PlayStation 5 (39 cm).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Chespin when it sits beside Hoppip — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Octillery — 90 cm. Octillery measures 90 cm (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Smeargle at 90 cm.
Octillery stands 90 cm tall and weighs 28.5 kg — almost exactly the height of a dining chair (90 cm).
Common miss: players tend to inflate Octillery when it sits beside Smeargle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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