DAILY NO. 38 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five geography 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 Manhattan Island at 21.6 km to Japan at 3,000 km — about 139× apart, drawing on geography. The pair furthest apart was round 3: Manhattan Island is 36610× as big as a violin.
Answer: Hawaiʻi Island — 150 km. Hawaiʻi Island measures 150 km (length / span), which is about 6.7× smaller than the reference, metropolitan France at 1,000 km.
The Big Island is larger than all the other Hawaiian islands combined, and still growing.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Hawaiʻi Island when it sits beside metropolitan France — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Texas — 1,270 km. Texas measures 1,270 km (length / span), which is about 3.4× smaller than the reference, Brazil at 4,320 km.
Texas stretches about 1,270 kilometres east to west.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Texas when it sits beside Brazil — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Manhattan Island — 21.6 km. Manhattan Island measures 21.6 km (height), which is 36610× as big as the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
Manhattan is about 21.6 kilometres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress Manhattan Island when it sits beside a violin — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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: Japan — 3,000 km. Japan measures 3,000 km (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, Greenland at 2,670 km.
Japan’s island arc extends around 3,000 kilometres.
Common miss: players tend to compress Japan when it sits beside Greenland — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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