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Sorta Game puzzle #117 · November 4, 2026
Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.
Round 1
Order these fluid-moving systems by their maximum liquid discharge per second, from lowest to highest
- The California Aqueduct main canal at maximum design capacity
- A single-family residential water service pipe
- A residential drip-irrigation garden emitter
- The Trans-Alaska Pipeline operating at peak crude delivery
- A laboratory microfluidic analysis chip
Round 2 · 5 Household appliances
Order these household appliances by their typical operating electrical current draw in amperes, from lowest to highest
- Handheld hair dryer
- Full-size kitchen refrigerator
- Countertop microwave oven
- 55-inch LED smart television
- Upright vacuum cleaner
Round 3
Order these digital communication links by their peak data transfer speed, from lowest to highest
- An original HDMI 1.0 audio-video cable
- A PCI Express 4.0 sixteen-lane motherboard slot
- An early 10BASE5 Thicknet coaxial Ethernet cable
- A modern transatlantic subsea fiber-optic cable
- A Bluetooth 1.0 wireless peripheral connection