Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 20, 2026

Oct 20’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

The six prompts today cover history 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 “N” and beats the runner-up by 2,813 people.

Reveal the answer

1. Name a Canadian province or territory. — Best: Nunavut (43,091 people); also strong: Northwest Territories (45,904 people).
2. Name a Netflix original series. — Best: Gabby's Dollhouse (14 seasons); also strong: Big Mouth (8 seasons).
3. Name a dwarf from Snow White. — Best: Sneezy (7 order); also strong: Sleepy (6 order).
4. Name a NATO phonetic alphabet word. — Best: Whiskey (20 Scrabble); also strong: Quebec (19 Scrabble).
5. Name a state in the continental U.S. — Best: Missouri (8 borders); also strong: Tennessee (8 borders).
6. Name a country that won the FIFA World Cup. — Best: Uruguay (1,950 year); also strong: England (1,966 year).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a Canadian province or territory.”, the winning answer was Nunavut at 43,091 people, ahead of Northwest Territories at 45,904 people. On “Name a Netflix original series.”, the winning answer was Gabby's Dollhouse at 14 seasons, ahead of Big Mouth at 8 seasons. On “Name a dwarf from Snow White.”, the winning answer was Sneezy at 7 order, ahead of Sleepy at 6 order. Naming mattered too: Whiskey is also accepted as Whisky, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a country that won the FIFA World Cup.”, where less recent winners, the higher you fly — so Uruguay 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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