Monday, August 24, 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 · masterpiece — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
4 letters, then 4 letters.
DOWN · FALL
touchdown · downfall · fallout — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Challenge
3 letters, then 3 letters.
BOW · MAN
rainbow · bowman · manhunt — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Day 32 ran on Monday, August 24, 2026. Its three bridges were OVER to PIECE, TOUCH to OUT and RAIN to HUNT. 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 masterpiece. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 6.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins OVER to PIECE, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is DOWN then FALL, which gives touchdown, downfall and fallout. 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: DOWN · TIME 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 BOW then MAN, which gives rainbow, bowman and manhunt. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 3.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 2 different pairs here and every one of them scores: WATER · MAN 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.
HEAD, DOWN, FALL 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.