Spectrum #14: Order these Taylor Swift albums by release — the solution
The Spectrum puzzle from August 28, 2026: six things on one hidden scale, earliest to latest, with every figure and where the checks were best spent.
The puzzle
Order these Taylor Swift albums by release, earliest at the top and latest at the bottom. The board opened in this order:
- 1989
- Taylor Swift
- folklore
- Midnights
- Fearless
- The Tortured Poets Department
The Tortured Poets Department was already in place; Fearless opened 3 places from home.
The walkthrough
The ends first. Taylor Swift is the earliest of the six at 2006 and The Tortured Poets Department the latest at 2024. Anchor those and the middle four are what is left to place.
Where the scale splits. The widest gap is between Fearless (2008) and 1989 (2014) — 6 years apart. Everything above that line belongs on the earliest side and everything below it on the latest side, so sorting the six into those two groups is most of the puzzle.
The closest call. Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008) are only 2 years apart — the pair that is a coin flip without the figures, and the place to spend a check: a check locks whatever is already right and leaves only the wrong tiles to swap.
The answer
| # | Earliest to Latest | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | 2006 |
| 2 | Fearless | 2008 |
| 3 | 1989 | 2014 |
| 4 | folklore | 2020 |
| 5 | Midnights | 2022 |
| 6 | The Tortured Poets Department | 2024 |
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About Spectrum
Spectrum is Noggin’s daily ordering puzzle: six things, one hidden scale, three checks. Tiles in the right place lock green; the figures turn over when the board is done. How to play Spectrum, or play today’s.