Sunday, October 25, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 25, 2026

Oct 25’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

The six prompts today cover geography, movies, science and nature and sports. 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 “M” and beats the runner-up by 4,271,797 people.

Reveal the answer

1. Name a capital of a European country. — Best: Moscow (13,274,285 people); also strong: London (9,002,488 people).
2. Name a movie that won Best Picture since 2000. — Best: Chicago (72 IMDb); also strong: The Shape of Water (73 IMDb).
3. Name a chemical element. — Best: Oganesson (118 Z); also strong: Tennessine (117 Z).
4. Name an MLB team. — Best: Arizona Diamondbacks (40 Scrabble); also strong: Chicago White Sox (36 Scrabble).
5. Name one of the 7 Deadly Sins. — Best: Gluttony (12 Scrabble); also strong: Wrath (11 Scrabble).
6. Name an actor who has hosted SNL since 2020. — Best: John Mulaney (4 episodes); also strong: Dave Chappelle (3 episodes).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a capital of a European country.”, the winning answer was Moscow at 13,274,285 people, ahead of London at 9,002,488 people. On “Name a movie that won Best Picture since 2000.”, the winning answer was Chicago at 72 IMDb, ahead of The Shape of Water at 73 IMDb. On “Name a chemical element.”, the winning answer was Oganesson at 118 Z, ahead of Tennessine at 117 Z. Naming mattered too: Moscow is also accepted as Moskva, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a movie that won Best Picture since 2000.”, where lower its imdb rating, the higher you fly — so Chicago 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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