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 #48 · August 27, 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 physical items by their typical weight, from lightest to heaviest.
- A single dried leaf of the catnip plant
- A Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer
- A standard catalytic converter from a passenger vehicle
- A standard vinyl soundtrack album for the Broadway musical 'Cats'
- A recreational Hobie Cat sailing catamaran
Round 2
Order these physical spaces or containers from smallest to largest internal volume.
- A single-serving cardboard juice box
- A standard sliding cardboard matchbox
- A classic British K6 red telephone box
- A traditional arched metal residential curbside mailbox
- A typical commercial big-box retail store
Round 3
Order these specific geographical locations from northernmost to southernmost.
- The remote Andes mountain crash site of Flight 571, the basis for the survival story 'Alive'
- The city of London, England, primary setting for the zombie comedy 'Shaun of the Dead'
- The city of Seattle, Washington, where the rock band Pearl Jam debuted their hit 'Alive'
- The historic Wild West mining town of Deadwood, located in South Dakota
- The hypersaline lake known as the Dead Sea, bordering Jordan and Israel