Friday, August 14, 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
4 letters, then 4 letters.
DOOR · STEP
outdoor · doorstep · stepmother — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
4 letters, then 4 letters.
MORE · OVER
anymore · moreover · overrun — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Challenge
4 letters, then 5 letters.
FIRE · HOUSE
campfire · firehouse · housewife — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 22 ran on Friday, August 14, 2026. Its three bridges were OUT to MOTHER, ANY to RUN and CAMP to WIFE. 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 DOOR then STEP, which gives outdoor, doorstep and stepmother. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins OUT to MOTHER, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is MORE then OVER, which gives anymore, moreover and overrun. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 2 different pairs here and every one of them scores: TIME · OUT 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 FIRE then HOUSE, which gives campfire, firehouse and housewife. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins CAMP to WIFE, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
DOOR, STEP, OVER, FIRE and HOUSE 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.