DAILY NO. 48 · 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 November 8, 2026 puzzle ran from a leafcutter ant at 1.3 cm to California at 1,240 km — 7 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on dinosaurs, geography, vehicles, music, insects & bugs. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a Boeing 747 is about 1.5× smaller than the International Space Station.
Answer: Brachiosaurus — 22 m. A Brachiosaurus measures 22 m (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a Spinosaurus at 15 m.
Brachiosaurus held its neck upward, making it far taller than long-tailed sauropods of similar length.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Brachiosaurus when it sits beside a Spinosaurus — 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: Boeing 747 — 70.7 m. A Boeing 747 measures 70.7 m (length / span), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, the International Space Station at 109 m.
A classic Boeing 747 is roughly 70.7 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Boeing 747 when it sits beside the International Space Station — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Concert Flute — 67 cm. A concert flute measures 67 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a French baguette at 65 cm.
Played sideways, which makes its 67 cm read much smaller on stage.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert flute when it sits beside a French baguette — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Leafcutter Ant — 1.3 cm. A leafcutter ant measures 1.3 cm (length / span), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a honey bee at 1.5 cm.
Leafcutters routinely carry many times their own body weight.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a leafcutter ant when it sits beside a honey bee — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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