Lantern Lane

Hint for Lantern Lane #4, Friday 30 October 2026

Stuck on the hard Friday puzzle? Open one nudge at a time. They walk through the first few deductions only, so the answer stays yours to find.

The clues

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

Nudges

Nudge 1: look at clue 1

The white door can’t be on house 1. The juice drinker 🧃 can’t live in house 5.

Nudge 2: look at clue 3

Finn can’t live in house 1. The green door can’t be on house 5.

Nudge 3: look at clue 7

Ada can’t live in house 5. The painter 🎨 can’t live in house 1.

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