Saturday, October 31, 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
3 letters, then 3 letters.
Main
4 letters, then 4 letters.
Challenge
4 letters, then 3 letters.
Day 100 is live right now. The three bridges are BLACK to OFF, HIGH to SHIP and HOUSE to FIT. 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 — BLACK to OFF. The first gap takes a 3-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind BLACK and once in front of your second word.
Main — HIGH to SHIP. The first gap takes a 4-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind HIGH and once in front of your second word.
Challenge — HOUSE to FIT. The first gap takes a 4-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind HOUSE 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.
3 of today's prompt words are heavy hinges in their own right and have a page each: OFF, SHIP and HOUSE. Those pages list every compound those words take part in, which is a legitimate way in — they say nothing about which pairs are today's answers.
Answers for day 100 are published on this page after the day ends. Nothing above gives them away. If you want worked answers now, the archive has every finished day.