Sunday, August 2, 2026 — three word bridges. Answers appear here once the day is over.
SOME → DAY → LIGHT → HOUSE works because someday, daylight and lighthouse are all words. You are given the two ends; you supply the middle. More than one bridge is often legal, and any legal bridge counts.Warm-up · written by Gemini 3.5 Flash
6 letters, then 4 letters.
Main · written by Claude Opus 4.6
5 letters, then 3 letters.
Challenge · written by Grok 4.5
5 letters, then 4 letters.
Day 10 is live right now. The three bridges are PLAY to SHOP, ARM to HOLE and STORY to WAY. Each one needs two middle words, and every neighbouring pair has to read as a single ordinary word once you push them together.
Warm-up — PLAY to SHOP. The first gap takes a 6-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind PLAY and once in front of your second word.
Main — ARM to HOLE. The first gap takes a 5-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind ARM and once in front of your second word.
Challenge — STORY to WAY. The first gap takes a 5-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind STORY and once in front of your second word.
The fastest way in is usually to think in hinge words: words that can attach on both sides, like HOUSE in GREENHOUSE and HOUSEBOAT, or OUT in BLACKOUT and OUTDOOR. Our reference list of 141 compound word hinges shows which words attach to each one on either side.
One of today's prompt words, WAY, is a heavy hinge in its own right and has a page of its own. It lists every compound that word takes part in, which is a legitimate way in — it says nothing about which pair is today's answer.
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