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 #34 · August 13, 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 from the smallest to the largest typical internal volume.
- The Goodyear Blimp
- A standard 20-foot shipping container
- A typical passenger car's fuel tank
- A standard hollow gelatin medicine capsule
- A regulation men's basketball
Round 2
Order these places and vehicles by their typical seating capacity, from the fewest to the most seats.
- A standard American courtroom jury box
- The Rose Bowl college football stadium
- A typical North American yellow school bus
- The Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House
- A traditional tandem bicycle
Round 3
Order these things by how long they typically maintain their energy, structure, or freshness, from shortest to longest.
- A typical residential asphalt shingle roof
- A properly sealed jar of pure honey
- A typical helium-filled latex party balloon
- A struck acoustic tuning fork
- The foam head on a poured pint of stout beer