Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 7, 2026

Oct 7’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

The six prompts today cover geography, science and nature, movies and sports. One well-known name per prompt is all you need.

Hint 2

Read the rule under each prompt: 4 reward the bigger number today, 2 reward the smaller or closer one.

Hint 3

For the first prompt, the best answer starts with “A” and beats the runner-up by 11,300 −population.

Reveal the answer

1. Name a country that starts with the letter A. — Best: Andorra (82,900 −population); also strong: Antigua and Barbuda (94,200 −population).
2. Name a chemical element. — Best: Actinium (0 −symbol alpha rank); also strong: Silver (1 −symbol alpha rank).
3. Name a movie with Seth Rogen in it. — Best: The Invite (2,026 year); also strong: Tangles (2,026 year).
4. Name a NBA MVP. — Best: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 MVP awards); also strong: Bill Russell (5 MVP awards).
5. Name a U.S. state. — Best: New Hampshire (25 Scrabble); also strong: New Mexico (23 Scrabble).
6. Name a Marvel movie. — Best: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (954 $M domestic); also strong: Avengers: Endgame (858 $M domestic).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a country that starts with the letter A.”, the winning answer was Andorra at 82,900 −population, ahead of Antigua and Barbuda at 94,200 −population. On “Name a chemical element.”, the winning answer was Actinium at 0 −symbol alpha rank, ahead of Silver at 1 −symbol alpha rank. On “Name a movie with Seth Rogen in it.”, the winning answer was The Invite at 2,026 year, ahead of Tangles at 2,026 year. Naming mattered too: Andorra is also accepted as Andorra la Vella, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a country that starts with the letter A.”, where the lower the population, the higher you fly — so Andorra outscored the more famous picks. Magnitudes and sources are the game's own, as listed in its archive notes for this date.

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