Wednesday, August 19, 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 6 letters.
HEAD · MASTER
overhead · headmaster · mastermind — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
3 letters, then 5 letters.
OUT · BREAK
turnout · outbreak · breakthrough — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
4 letters, then 3 letters.
HAND · GUN
firsthand · handgun · gunfire — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 27 ran on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Its three bridges were OVER to MIND, TURN to THROUGH and FIRST to FIRE. 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 HEAD then MASTER, which gives overhead, headmaster and mastermind. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 6.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins OVER to MIND, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is OUT then BREAK, which gives turnout, outbreak and breakthrough. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins TURN to THROUGH, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is HAND then GUN, which gives firsthand, handgun and gunfire. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 3.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins FIRST to FIRE, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
HEAD, OUT, BREAK, HAND and GUN 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.