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Puzzle #3 was Cordouan Lighthouse.
Cordouan lighthouse is an active lighthouse located 7 kilometres at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France. At a height of 67.5 metres (221Â ft), it is the tenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
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What the record says
Puzzle 3 ran on 12 Jul 2026 and the answer was Cordouan Lighthouse, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - France; Continent - Europe; Height - >60m; Material - stone; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1610; Focal height - 60 m; Range - 19 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
- France
- Continent
- Europe
- Built
- 1610
- Height
- >60m
- Material
- stone
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 60 m
- Range
- 19 nmi