The weights behind Tilt

Tilt only works if the answers are fair, so every object in the game has a weight you can check. Here are all 202 of them, lightest first in each group.

We pick a typical value for a standard version of each thing: the regulation ball, a common adult animal, a well-known model. When published figures disagree or cover a wide range, the object is either pinned to a specific version (that is what the "Which one" column is for) or left out of the game. Items whose weight cannot be pinned down well, like a dinosaur known only from fossils, are not used.

Jump to: Sports balls and gear · Animals · Food · Everyday objects · Vehicles · People · The human body · Landmarks · Space · Atoms

Sports balls and gear

Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it.

Animals

Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one.

Food

Food weights are for a typical single item as sold, such as one medium apple or one large egg.

Everyday objects

Household items, coins and gadgets, using a standard size or a well-known model.

Vehicles

Typical empty weights for common vehicles.

People

Average adults and children.

The human body

Typical adult values.

Landmarks

Famous structures, using the figure published by the people who look after them.

Space

Planets, moons and spacecraft, from NASA and other space agencies.

Atoms

Atomic masses converted to kilograms, for the very smallest puzzles.

Spotted a mistake?

If you think a weight is wrong, write to us with a source and we will check it. Corrections go into the game for every future puzzle. See contact.

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