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Sorta Game puzzle #98 · October 16, 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 and cosmic drift phenomena from slowest to fastest annual rate of motion
- A limestone cave stalactite depositing calcium carbonate
- Earth's magnetic north pole wandering across the Arctic seabed
- A typical temperate valley glacier flowing downhill
- The Moon receding from Earth via tidal dissipation
- A deep-sea abyssal manganese nodule accumulating minerals
Round 2
Order these geological and landscape creep phenomena from slowest to fastest annual rate of movement
- The post-glacial landmass of Scandinavia rebounding upward from ancient ice compression
- The tectonic boundary of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge spreading seafloor crust apart
- A massive clay earthflow slowly slumping down an unstable mountain valley
- An unrestrained meandering river bend migrating laterally across a wide floodplain
- Deep regional groundwater slowly filtering through a permeable bedrock aquifer
Round 3
Order these biological growth and elongation processes from slowest to fastest annual rate
- A 20-year-old wild saguaro cactus growing in vertical height
- A wild brain coral colony expanding its stony skeleton
- A crustose rock lichen expanding outward across an alpine boulder
- A wild African elephant tusk elongating from the root
- A wild giant kelp frond elongating in a coastal ocean forest