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 #56 · September 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 cutting instruments by the thickness of their working edge, from thickest (dullest) to thinnest (sharpest).
- A specialized ophthalmic obsidian surgical scalpel
- A municipal roadway snowplow blade
- A professional chef's carbon-steel kitchen knife
- A standard silver dining butter knife
- A modern multi-blade facial grooming razor
Round 2
Order these manufactured objects by the number of individual, distinct parts they contain, from fewest to most.
- A classic 3x3 Rubik's Cube puzzle
- A commercial Boeing 747 passenger jet
- A solid brass desktop paperweight
- A massive cathedral acoustic pipe organ
- A classic wooden spring-hinged clothespin
Round 3
Order these historical items or entities by the year they were originally established, debuted, or formalized, from earliest to most recent.
- The royal colonial charter establishing the Province of Pennsylvania
- The televised royal wedding of Catherine Middleton and the Duke of Cambridge
- The first known theatrical staging of the tragedy Macbeth
- The massive English land and property survey known as the Domesday Book
- The founding of the multinational technology corporation Microsoft