Lighthousedle
Puzzle #74 was Ocracoke Light.
Ocracoke Light was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island, Ocracoke, North Carolina in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. The lighthouse stands 75 feet (23Â m) tall. Its diameter narrows from 25 feet (7.6Â m) at the base to 12 feet (3.7Â m) at its peak.
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What the record says
Puzzle 74 ran on 21 Sep 2026 and the answer was Ocracoke Light, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Continent - North America; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1790; Focal height - 23 m; Range - 15 nmi. 2 of the 8 columns are blank in the source (Height and Material), so nobody could score them 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 States
- Continent
- North America
- Built
- 1790
- Height
- Not recorded
- Material
- Not recorded
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 23 m
- Range
- 15 nmi