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 #12 · July 22, 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 entities by the number of legs or primary supports they typically stand or rest on, from fewest to most.
- A classic camera tripod
- A common worker ant
- A standard pogo stick
- A standard dining table
- A typical human
Round 2
Order these entities by the maximum weight they can typically lift, pull, or carry relative to their own empty weight or body mass, from lowest multiple to highest multiple.
- A standard passenger sedan car
- A heavy-lift cargo helicopter
- A silverback gorilla
- An elite human powerlifter
- A common dung beetle
Round 3
Order these optical objects or biological systems by the typical number of distinct lenses, mirrors, or individual reflective/refractive facets they possess, from fewest to most.
- A standard three-color traffic light
- A standard pair of reading glasses
- A classic gentleman's monocle
- A standard round brilliant-cut diamond
- The primary compound eye of a housefly