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 #26 · August 5, 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 holes, tunnels, and excavations by their maximum depth beneath the surface, from shallowest to deepest.
- A standard golf hole
- The Large Hadron Collider tunnel
- The Kola Superdeep Borehole
- The catacombs of Paris
- A typical traditional burial grave
Round 2
Order these things that cast shadows by their typical physical height, from shortest to tallest.
- Mount Everest
- The Washington Monument
- A garden sundial's pointer
- A groundhog standing on its hind legs
- Peter Pan
Round 3
Order these sources of light by their peak operating temperature, from coolest to hottest.
- A lightning bolt
- A standard wax candle flame
- A firefly's abdomen
- An oxy-acetylene welding torch
- A traditional incandescent light bulb filament