Lighthousedle
Puzzle #8 was Boston Light.
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. During the American Revolution, the original lighthouse was held by British forces and was attacked and burnt on two occasions by American forces.
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What the record says
Puzzle 8 ran on 17 Jul 2026 and the answer was Boston Light, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Continent - North America; Height - 20-40m; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1710; Focal height - 31 m; Range - 27 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 States
- Continent
- North America
- Built
- 1710
- Height
- 20-40m
- Material
- Not recorded
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 31 m
- Range
- 27 nmi