DAILY NO. 48 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five technology 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 smartphone at 14.7 cm to a server rack at 2 m — about 14× apart, drawing on technology. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a 55-inch television is 1.4× as big as a baseball bat.
Answer: Laptop Computer — 35 cm. A laptop computer measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a camera drone at 35 cm.
Measured across the closed lid, not along the screen’s diagonal.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a laptop computer when it sits beside a camera drone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Smartphone — 14.7 cm. A smartphone measures 14.7 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a soda can at 12.2 cm.
Phones stopped growing at roughly the limit of what a thumb can reach one-handed.
Common miss: players tend to compress a smartphone when it sits beside a soda can — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Server Rack — 2 m. A server rack measures 2 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a US interior door at 2 m.
A full rack is commonly around two metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a server rack when it sits beside a US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Office Printer — 45 cm. An office printer measures 45 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
Width is set by the paper path — A4 and Letter need the same clearance.
Common miss: players tend to compress an office printer when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: 55-Inch Television — 1.2 m. A 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
A 55-inch TV is 55 inches corner to corner; across the front it is only about 1.2 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a 55-inch television when it sits beside a baseball bat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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