Thursday, October 15, 2026
Sortie! answer for October 15, 2026
Oct 15’s Sortie! hints
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Reveal the answer
2. Name a state capital in the continental U.S. — Best: Augusta (1,385 miles); also strong: Olympia (1,366 miles).
3. Name a song by The Beatles. — Best: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (10 words); also strong: Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (8 words).
4. Name an instrument in an orchestra. — Best: Violin (120 dB); also strong: Viola (121 dB).
5. Name a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. — Best: Catch Me If You Can (96 %); also strong: One Battle After Another (94 %).
6. Name a palindrome. — Best: Malayalam (9 letters); also strong: Deified (7 letters).
Why this is the answer (spoilers)
This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”, the winning answer was Nick Fury at 12 films, ahead of Steve Rogers at 11 films. On “Name a state capital in the continental U.S.”, the winning answer was Augusta at 1,385 miles, ahead of Olympia at 1,366 miles. On “Name a song by The Beatles.”, the winning answer was Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey at 10 words, ahead of Why Don't We Do It in the Road? at 8 words. Naming mattered too: Violin is also accepted as Violin 1, Violin 2, First violin, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name an instrument in an orchestra.”, where lower max decibel, the higher you fly — so Violin outscored the more famous picks. Magnitudes and sources are the game's own, as listed in its archive notes for this date.