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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 #52 · August 31, 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.

  1. Round 1

    Order these objects by their approximate physical weight, from lightest to heaviest

    • A single human female egg cell (ovum)
    • A standard Cadbury Creme Egg candy
    • The Egg performing arts center building in Albany, New York
    • A typical raw ostrich egg
    • A Large size Big Green Egg ceramic charcoal grill

  2. Round 2

    Order these entities by their typical physical length, from shortest to longest

    • A Caterpillar brand 797F mining haul truck
    • A mature Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) nematode worm
    • A standard flexible fuzzy pipe cleaner (chenille stem)
    • The fictional Sandworm (Shai-Hulud) as typically described in the novel Dune
    • A typical live woolly bear caterpillar

  3. Round 3

    Order these entities by their maximum physical width or span, from shortest to longest

    • The cosmic dust clouds making up the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
    • The arm span of a professional adult athlete swimming the butterfly stroke
    • A living adult Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly
    • The wingspan of the giant monster Mothra in her classic 1961 film debut
    • A standard zinc-plated butterfly nut (wing nut) used for hardware fastening

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