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 #58 · September 6, 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 wild land and flying animals by the maximum amount of time a single individual has been documented surviving, from shortest to longest.
- A wild Virginia opossum
- A wild North American grizzly bear
- A wild Andean condor
- A wild Aldabra giant tortoise
- A wild North American beaver
Round 2
Order these flora by the maximum amount of time a single undisturbed specimen can naturally survive, from shortest duration to longest.
- A gnarled Great Basin bristlecone pine
- A towering giant sequoia tree
- A wild flowering dogwood tree
- A blooming annual petunia plant
- A wild Venus flytrap
Round 3
Order these marine animals by the greatest duration a single individual can theoretically remain alive in the wild, from shortest to longest.
- A wild green sea turtle
- A wild Chinook salmon
- A wild moon jellyfish
- A wild bowhead whale
- A wild Greenland shark