Saturday, August 22, 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.
BACK · BONE
fallback · backbone · boneless — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
5 letters, then 7 letters.
BREAK · THROUGH
daybreak · breakthrough · throughout — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
5 letters, then 3 letters.
HOUSE · MAN
doghouse · houseman · manpower — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 30 ran on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Its three bridges were FALL to LESS, DAY to OUT and DOG to POWER. 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 BACK then BONE, which gives fallback, backbone and boneless. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins FALL to LESS, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is BREAK then THROUGH, which gives daybreak, breakthrough and throughout. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 7.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins DAY to OUT, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is HOUSE then MAN, which gives doghouse, houseman and manpower. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 3.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins DOG to POWER, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
BACK, BREAK, HOUSE and MAN 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.