Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 27, 2026

Oct 27’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

The six prompts today cover books, movies 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 “L” and beats the runner-up by 6,740 km².

Reveal the answer

1. Name one of the Great Lakes. — Best: Lake Ontario (18,960 km²); also strong: Lake Erie (25,700 km²).
2. Name a Harry Potter book. — Best: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (766 pages); also strong: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (636 pages).
3. Name a Disney princess. — Best: Rapunzel (19 Scrabble); also strong: Snow White (18 Scrabble).
4. Name a U.S. state. — Best: Mississippi (243 %); also strong: West Virginia (230 %).
5. Name a regnal name chosen by a Pope upon election. — Best: John (21 popes); also strong: Gregory (16 popes).
6. Name a country who won a gold medal in the 2024 Olympics. — Best: Israel (1 golds); also strong: Poland (1 golds).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name one of the Great Lakes.”, the winning answer was Lake Ontario at 18,960 km², ahead of Lake Erie at 25,700 km². On “Name a Harry Potter book.”, the winning answer was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 766 pages, ahead of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at 636 pages. On “Name a Disney princess.”, the winning answer was Rapunzel at 19 Scrabble, ahead of Snow White at 18 Scrabble. Naming mattered too: Lake Ontario is also accepted as Ontario, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a country who won a gold medal in the 2024 Olympics.”, where less amount of total gold medals won by that country in 2024, the higher you fly — so Israel 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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