Lighthousedle
Puzzle #73 was Lizard Lighthouse.
The Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to persons returning to England, where on a clear night, the reflected light could be seen 100Â mi (160Â km) away.
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What the record says
Puzzle 73 ran on 20 Sep 2026 and the answer was Lizard Lighthouse, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United Kingdom; Continent - Europe; Height - 10-20m; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1750; Focal height - 70 m; Range - 26 nmi. 1 of the 8 columns is blank in the source (Material), so nobody could score it either way.
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
- 1750
- Height
- 10-20m
- Material
- Not recorded
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 70 m
- Range
- 26 nmi