Sorta Game — the daily ordering puzzle
Put the world in order… sorta.
Three quiet rounds, five things each, and one hidden way to arrange them. Trust your instinct and see how close your order comes to the truth.
Sorta Game puzzle #20 · July 30, 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 items by how many times they complete a full 360-degree cycle per minute during normal operation, from fewest to most.
- A playing vinyl record (LP)
- A ceiling fan set to its highest speed
- A pneumatic dental drill
- A washing machine drum on its final extraction cycle
- A standard computer hard disk drive (HDD)
Round 2
Order these actions by the total angular distance covered, from fewest to most degrees.
- A lawn sprinkler set to sweep a perfect half-circle
- Shifting a typical car's steering wheel from far-left lock to far-right lock
- A Great Horned Owl twisting its head as far as it can in one direction
- The minute hand of a clock tracking an 8-hour workday
- Operating a standard indoor door knob to unlatch it
Round 3
Order these circular or spherical items by their physical diameter, from smallest to largest.
- A standard audio Compact Disc (CD)
- The front fan of a Boeing 777 jet engine
- The observation wheel of the London Eye
- A standard casino roulette wheel
- The writing tip of a standard ballpoint pen