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But that works with equilateral polygons as well. How would a square lid fall into a smaller square hole?

Diagonally, because the hole is 1.4 times wider diagonally than the cover is on each side

Me dumb. The hole would have to be much smaller.

Diagonally. The length of a side is considerably shorter (1/sqrt(2) times shorter, actually) than the diagonal.