PassportQ answer · Day 169
PassportQ answer for September 16, 2026
Spoiler ahead: today's mystery city is Washington D.C., United States. If you have not played yet, start with today's PassportQ puzzle first.
Today's clue breakdown
- Answer
- Washington D.C., United States
- High temperature clue
- 87F / 31C
- Population clue
- 500K - 1M
- Elevation clue
- 72 ft / 22 m
- Landscape clue
- riverside
- Airport clue
- DCA
- Airline clue
- American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
How the clues point toward Washington D.C.
The temperature clue puts the city in a plausible climate band for the day. The elevation clue tells you whether to think coastal, lowland, or highland. The population clue narrows the size of the place, while the landscape and airline clues add travel context that often separates a capital, beach city, mountain city, or regional hub from nearby alternatives.
If your guesses were close, distance and direction feedback are the real map tools. They tell you whether to move north or south, inland or coastal, warmer or cooler, higher or lower, until the world gets small enough to solve.
Why Washington D.C. is a useful geography answer
- National Mall Monuments Tour
- Smithsonian Museum of History
- Capitol Building Guided Tour
- Arlington National Cemetery Visit
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