Einstein riddle · Friday 30 October 2026

Neighbour: Ada, Bram, Dev, Esme, Finn
Pet: cat, dog, goldfish, rabbit, tortoise
Door: blue, green, yellow, white, violet
Job: pilot, doctor, painter, teacher, chemist
Drink: coffee, tea, milk, juice, cocoa

#4Hard5 houses

Friday evening. The clues are getting shifty.

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:

What the neighbours say

1The juice drinker 🧃 lives somewhere to the left of the neighbour with the white door.
2Esme lives next door to the chemist ⚗️.
3The neighbour with the green door lives directly to the left of Finn.
4The neighbour with the white door lives next door to the tea drinker 🍵.
5Esme lives somewhere to the left of the neighbour with the white door.
6Esme lives next door to the rabbit owner 🐇.
7Ada lives somewhere to the left of the painter 🎨.
8The tortoise owner 🐢 lives next door to the neighbour with the violet door.
9The doctor 🩺 lives somewhere to the left of Esme.
10Bram does not live behind the white door.
11The neighbour with the green door lives next door to the milk drinker 🥛.
12The coffee drinker ☕ lives somewhere to the left of the goldfish owner 🐟.
13The pilot ✈️ lives next door to the painter 🎨.
14Esme does not live in house 4.
15Dev lives next door to the doctor 🩺.
16The neighbour with the blue door lives somewhere to the left of the neighbour with the white door.
17The neighbour with the violet door lives somewhere to the left of Bram.
18The cat owner 🐈 lives somewhere to the left of Bram.
19The cat owner 🐈 does not live behind the blue door.
20The pilot ✈️ lives directly to the left of the neighbour with the yellow door.
21The pilot ✈️ lives next door to the doctor 🩺.
22The cat owner 🐈 is not the juice drinker 🧃.
23The tortoise owner 🐢 is also the milk drinker 🥛.