DAILY NO. 38 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five food & drink 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 a carrot at 20 cm to a French baguette at 65 cm — about 3× apart, drawing on food & drink. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a large pizza is 1.5× as big as an NBA basketball.
Answer: Birthday Cake — 25 cm. A birthday cake measures 25 cm (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
A 25 cm round is the standard “serves twelve” size.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a birthday cake when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: French Baguette — 65 cm. A French baguette measures 65 cm (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
French law fixes the baguette’s ingredients rather than its length, but 65 cm is the custom.
Common miss: players tend to compress a French baguette when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Large Pizza — 35.6 cm. A large pizza measures 35.6 cm (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
A 14-inch large pizza measures 35.6 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to compress a large pizza when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Carrot — 20 cm. A carrot measures 20 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an ice cream cone at 17 cm.
Supermarket carrots are pulled young — left in the ground they keep growing.
Common miss: players tend to compress a carrot when it sits beside an ice cream cone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Watermelon — 40 cm. A watermelon measures 40 cm (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
A whole watermelon is about 92% water, which accounts for most of its ten kilos.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a watermelon when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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