Lantern Lane

Today’s Einstein riddle · Saturday 31 October 2026

#5Devious5 houses

Saturday. The neighbours only talk about each other now.

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, Bram, Cleo, Esme, Finn
Pet: cat, dog, parrot, goldfish, rabbit
Hobby: chess, gardening, knitting, cycling, poetry
Drink: tea, milk, juice, water, cocoa
Job: baker, pilot, painter, teacher, chemist
Door: red, blue, green, yellow, violet

What the neighbours say

1The neighbour with the blue door lives next door to the neighbour with the violet door.
2The chemist ⚗️ lives somewhere to the left of Finn.
3Finn lives next door to the gardener 🌱.
4Cleo lives next door to the milk drinker 🥛.
5The neighbour with the green door lives next door to the neighbour with the yellow door.
6The milk drinker 🥛 lives somewhere to the left of the cocoa drinker 🍫.
7The painter 🎨 lives next door to the neighbour with the blue door.
8The cat owner 🐈 lives next door to the cyclist 🚲.
9Esme lives next door to the goldfish owner 🐟.
10The painter 🎨 lives somewhere to the left of Cleo.
11The pilot ✈️ lives directly to the left of the painter 🎨.
12The tea drinker 🍵 lives next door to the neighbour with the red door.
13The water drinker 💧 lives directly to the left of Esme.
14The milk drinker 🥛 lives somewhere to the left of the cyclist 🚲.
15The poet 🖋️ lives next door to the baker 🥖.
16Bram lives next door to the neighbour with the violet door.
17The neighbour with the yellow door lives somewhere to the left of the rabbit owner 🐇.
18The parrot owner 🦜 lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
19Ada is not the baker 🥖.
20The knitter 🧶 lives next door to the poet 🖋️.
21The teacher 📚 lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
22The chemist ⚗️ lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
23Bram lives next door to Cleo.
24The painter 🎨 lives somewhere to the left of the neighbour with the green door.