DAILY NO. 38 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five vehicles 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 cruising sailboat at 10 m to the RMS Titanic at 269 m — about 27× apart, drawing on vehicles. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a New York subway car is 1.7× as big as an American school bus.
Answer: High-Speed Train — 200 m. A high-speed train measures 200 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, the Roman Colosseum at 189 m.
A complete high-speed trainset can be around 200 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a high-speed train when it sits beside the Roman Colosseum — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: RMS Titanic — 269 m. The RMS Titanic measures 269 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a high-speed train at 200 m.
Titanic was about 269 metres long — shorter than many modern container ships.
Common miss: players tend to compress the RMS Titanic when it sits beside a high-speed train — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: New York Subway Car — 18.3 m. A New York subway car measures 18.3 m (length / span), which is 1.7× as big as the reference, an American school bus at 10.7 m.
A common New York subway car is about 60 feet long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a New York subway car when it sits beside an American school bus — 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 1.2× smaller than the reference, a Tyrannosaurus rex at 12.3 m.
A modest cruising yacht is commonly around ten metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a cruising sailboat when it sits beside a Tyrannosaurus rex — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Rescue Helicopter — 17.8 m. A rescue helicopter measures 17.8 m (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a Spinosaurus at 15 m.
Most of the length is tail boom — the cabin itself is barely longer than a van.
Common miss: players tend to compress a rescue helicopter when it sits beside a Spinosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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