Saturday, August 29, 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.
LAND · LADY
mainland · landlady · ladyship — at least 3 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Main
4 letters, then 3 letters.
WORK · OUT
clockwork · workout · outbreak — 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.
OVER · NIGHT
hangover · overnight · nightstand — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 37 ran on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Its three bridges were MAIN to SHIP, CLOCK to BREAK and HANG to STAND. 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 LAND then LADY, which gives mainland, landlady and ladyship. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 3 different pairs here and every one of them scores: LAND · LORD and LAND · OWNER work 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 WORK then OUT, which gives clockwork, workout and outbreak. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 3.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 2 different pairs here and every one of them scores: WORK · DAY 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 OVER then NIGHT, which gives hangover, overnight and nightstand. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins HANG to STAND, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
LAND, WORK, OUT, OVER and NIGHT 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.