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Puzzle #89 was Cabo da Roca Lighthouse.
The Cabo da Roca Lighthouse is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres (541Â ft) above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's most westerly extent. It is located in the civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra, situated on a promontory made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone. It is a third-order lighthouse, which originally began operating in 1772.
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What the record says
Puzzle 89 ran on 6 Oct 2026 and the answer was Cabo da Roca Lighthouse, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Portugal; Continent - Europe; Height - 20-40m; Material - stone; Heritage - listed. The numbers: Built - 1750; Focal height - 165 m; Range - 26 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
- Portugal
- Continent
- Europe
- Built
- 1750
- Height
- 20-40m
- Material
- stone
- Heritage
- listed
- Focal height
- 165 m
- Range
- 26 nmi