Saturday, October 10, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 10, 2026

Oct 10’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

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

Hint 2

Read the rule under each prompt: 5 reward the bigger number today, 1 reward the smaller or closer one.

Hint 3

For the first prompt, the best answer starts with “g” and beats the runner-up by 0 letters.

Reveal the answer

1. Name an English word with no vowels other than Y. — Best: glycyls (7 letters); also strong: nymphly (7 letters).
2. Name a character from The Office (U.S.) who worked for Dunder Mifflin. — Best: Alan Brand (1 episodes); also strong: Brenda Matlowe (1 episodes).
3. Name a film featuring Zendaya. — Best: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2,506,719,628 WW $); also strong: Spider-Man: No Way Home (1,921,426,073 WW $).
4. Name a U.S. pizza chain. — Best: Hunt Brothers Pizza (11,541 locations); also strong: Domino's (7,186 locations).
5. Name a gaming console. — Best: PlayStation 2 (160 M units); also strong: Nintendo Switch (157 M units).
6. Name a South American country. — Best: Uruguay (114 alpha sum); also strong: Venezuela (111 alpha sum).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name an English word with no vowels other than Y.”, the winning answer was glycyls at 7 letters, ahead of nymphly at 7 letters. On “Name a character from The Office (U.S.) who worked for Dunder Mifflin.”, the winning answer was Alan Brand at 1 episodes, ahead of Brenda Matlowe at 1 episodes. On “Name a film featuring Zendaya.”, the winning answer was Spider-Man: Brand New Day at 2,506,719,628 WW $, ahead of Spider-Man: No Way Home at 1,921,426,073 WW $. Naming mattered too: Alan Brand is also accepted as Alan, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a character from The Office (U.S.) who worked for Dunder Mifflin.”, where fewer episode appearances, the higher you fly — so Alan Brand 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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