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Puzzle #39 was Montparnasse Tower.
Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre (689 ft) office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre (758 ft) Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. It remains the tallest building in Paris proper and the fourth tallest in France, behind The Link, Tour First and Tour Hekla.
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What the record says
Puzzle 39 ran on 23 Aug 2026 and the answer was Montparnasse Tower, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - France. The numbers: Height - 209 m; Floors - 59; Completed - 1970.
Beyond the grid the record adds Architect - Eugène Beaudouin; Records history - Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre (758 ft) Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits..
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
- France
- Height
- 209 m
- Floors
- 59
- Completed
- 1970
Also on the record
- Architect
- Eugène Beaudouin
- Records history
- Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre (758 ft) Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits.