Wednesday, August 5, 2026 — three word bridges.
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 2.5 Pro
5 letters, then 5 letters.
LIGHT · HOUSE
sunlight · lighthouse · houseboat — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Main · written by Claude Sonnet 4.5
4 letters, then 4 letters.
BALL · PARK
football · ballpark · parkway — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge · written by GLM-5.2
5 letters, then 5 letters.
QUAKE · PROOF
earthquake · quakeproof · proofread — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 13 ran on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Its three bridges were SUN to BOAT, FOOT to WAY and EARTH to READ. Between them they build nine compound words, all listed at the bottom of this page. Below is the answer to each bridge and what makes it fit.
The answer is LIGHT then HOUSE, which gives sunlight, lighthouse and houseboat. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 5.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 2 different pairs here and every one of them scores: DAY · DREAM works just as well as the pair above. Ends like these sit in the crowded part of the compound-word network, which is why several routes cross them.
The answer is BALL then PARK, which gives football, ballpark and parkway. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins FOOT to WAY, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is QUAKE then PROOF, which gives earthquake, quakeproof and proofread. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins EARTH to READ, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
LIGHT, HOUSE and BALL have a page listing every compound built on them and the other chains you can run through them.
Every one of those nine compounds turns on a hinge word doing double duty. If you want to see the whole set KEYSTONE draws from, the reference list of 141 compound word hinges gives the words that attach in front of and behind each one.