Thursday, August 6, 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 GLM-5.2
6 letters, then 3 letters.
Main · written by Claude Sonnet 4.5
4 letters, then 4 letters.
Challenge · written by GPT-5.1
4 letters, then 4 letters.
Day 14 is live right now. The three bridges are SUN to HOLE, BASE to PLAY and GUARD to MAP. 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 — SUN to HOLE. The first gap takes a 6-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind SUN and once in front of your second word.
Main — BASE to PLAY. 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 BASE and once in front of your second word.
Challenge — GUARD to MAP. 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 GUARD 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, GUARD, 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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