Einstein riddle · Thursday 29 October 2026

#3Tricky5 houses

Thursday. Someone moved in overnight and the curtains are drawn.

5 neighbours live in a row of houses numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each house has exactly one of each of these:

Neighbour: Ada, Cleo, Dev, Esme, Finn
Job: baker, doctor, painter, teacher, chemist
Hobby: chess, gardening, jazz, cycling, poetry
Drink: coffee, tea, milk, juice, water

What the neighbours say

1The chemist ⚗️ lives next door to the juice drinker 🧃.
2Finn is not the painter 🎨.
3Finn lives next door to the juice drinker 🧃.
4The tea drinker 🍵 lives somewhere to the left of Ada.
5The water drinker 💧 lives somewhere to the left of Ada.
6Esme lives next door to the gardener 🌱.
7The chess player ♟️ lives somewhere to the left of the juice drinker 🧃.
8Cleo lives next door to the cyclist 🚲.
9Dev is not the tea drinker 🍵.
10The teacher 📚 is not the poet 🖋️.
11The gardener 🌱 lives directly to the left of the painter 🎨.
12The teacher 📚 is also the juice drinker 🧃.
13The chemist ⚗️ is also the jazz fan 🎷.
14The teacher 📚 lives next door to the coffee drinker ☕.
15The chemist ⚗️ lives somewhere to the left of the painter 🎨.
16The chess player ♟️ lives next door to the milk drinker 🥛.
17The cyclist 🚲 lives somewhere to the left of the milk drinker 🥛.
18The cyclist 🚲 lives directly to the left of the baker 🥖.