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 #25 · August 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 specific objects by their maximum physical length, from shortest to longest.
- A counterfeit U.S. hundred-dollar bill
- An adult mimic octopus
- The wooden Trojan Horse
- A standard military ghillie suit
- A loaded casino trick die
Round 2
Order these visual phenomena by the typical physical distance between them and the human eye observing them, from closest to farthest.
- A human eye floater
- A carnival funhouse mirror
- A desert heat mirage
- A 3D trompe l'oeil chalk street painting
- A gravitational lens
Round 3
Order these specific historical artifacts or events by the year they were first created or enacted, from oldest to most recent.
- The Donation of Constantine decree
- Charles Ponzi's original postal stamp scheme
- Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast
- The first Nigerian Prince advance-fee emails
- The Cardiff Giant petrified man