Friday, October 16, 2026
Sortie! answer for October 16, 2026
Oct 16’s Sortie! hints
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Reveal the answer
2. Name a U.S. state. — Best: Louisiana (6 vowels); also strong: South Carolina (6 vowels).
3. Name a U.S. president. — Best: Franklin D. Roosevelt (3,726 orders); also strong: Woodrow Wilson (1,803 orders).
4. Name a recurring character from Family Guy. — Best: Dumb Beaver (5 episodes); also strong: Fjurg Van Der Ploeg (5 episodes).
5. Name a chemical element. — Best: Zirconium (22 Scrabble); also strong: Praseodymium (22 Scrabble).
6. Name a Tim Burton movie. — Best: Big Fish (79 IMDb); also strong: Edward Scissorhands (78 IMDb).
Why this is the answer (spoilers)
This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a major airline.”, the winning answer was Sun Country Airlines at 4,483,515 passengers, ahead of Flair Airlines at 4,500,000 passengers. On “Name a U.S. state.”, the winning answer was Louisiana at 6 vowels, ahead of South Carolina at 6 vowels. On “Name a U.S. president.”, the winning answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt at 3,726 orders, ahead of Woodrow Wilson at 1,803 orders. Naming mattered too: Sun Country Airlines is also accepted as Sun Country, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a major airline.”, where less annual passengers, the higher you fly — so Sun Country Airlines outscored the more famous picks. Magnitudes and sources are the game's own, as listed in its archive notes for this date.