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Puzzle #22 was Abraj Al Bait.
The Clock Towers is a government-owned hotel complex with seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that aims to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
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What the record says
Puzzle 22 ran on 6 Aug 2026 and the answer was Abraj Al Bait, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Saudi Arabia. The numbers: Height - 601 m; Floors - 120; Completed - 2010.
Beyond the grid the record adds Architect - Dar Al-Handasah; Records history - The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world..
Towerdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, 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
- Saudi Arabia
- Height
- 601 m
- Floors
- 120
- Completed
- 2010
Also on the record
- Architect
- Dar Al-Handasah
- Records history
- The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.