Friday, August 21, 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
3 letters, then 3 letters.
OUT · LAW
workout · outlaw · lawsuit — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
4 letters, then 4 letters.
OVER · WORK
turnover · overwork · workload — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
4 letters, then 6 letters.
HEAD · MASTER
warhead · headmaster · masterpiece — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 29 ran on Friday, August 21, 2026. Its three bridges were WORK to SUIT, TURN to LOAD and WAR to PIECE. 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 OUT then LAW, which gives workout, outlaw and lawsuit. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 3.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins WORK to SUIT, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is OVER then WORK, which gives turnover, overwork and workload. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins TURN to LOAD, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is HEAD then MASTER, which gives warhead, headmaster and masterpiece. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 6.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins WAR to PIECE, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
OUT, OVER, WORK and HEAD 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.