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Puzzle #25 was Bell Rock Lighthouse.
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock in the North Sea, 11 miles (18Â km) east of the Firth of Tay. Standing 35 metres (115Â ft) tall, its light is visible from 35 statute miles (56Â km) inland.
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What the record says
Puzzle 25 ran on 3 Aug 2026 and the answer was Bell Rock Lighthouse, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United Kingdom; Continent - Europe; Height - 20-40m; Material - stone; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1810; Focal height - 28 m; Range - 18 nmi.
Lighthousedle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Built
- 1810
- Height
- 20-40m
- Material
- stone
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 28 m
- Range
- 18 nmi