DAILY NO. 43 · 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 November 3, 2026 puzzle ran from Hawaiʻi Island at 150 km to Africa at 8,000 km — about 53× apart, drawing on geography. The pair furthest apart was round 3: Hawaiʻi Island is about 6.7× smaller than metropolitan France.
Answer: Africa — 8,000 km. Africa measures 8,000 km (height), which is 3× as big as the reference, Greenland at 2,670 km.
Africa spans roughly 8,000 kilometres from north to south.
Common miss: players tend to compress Africa when it sits beside Greenland — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Contiguous United States — 4,500 km. The contiguous United States measures 4,500 km (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, Brazil at 4,320 km.
The lower 48 stretch roughly 4,500 kilometres coast to coast.
Common miss: players tend to compress the contiguous United States when it sits beside Brazil — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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: Australia — 4,000 km. Australia measures 4,000 km (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, the Moon at 3,474.8 km.
Australia is nearly as wide as the contiguous United States, with a tenth of the population.
Common miss: players tend to compress Australia when it sits beside the Moon — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Texas — 1,270 km. Texas measures 1,270 km (length / span), which is about 3.1× smaller than the reference, Australia at 4,000 km.
Texas stretches about 1,270 kilometres east to west.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Texas when it sits beside Australia — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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