Sunday, August 30, 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 5 letters.
WORK · HOUSE
artwork · workhouse · houseboat — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
5 letters, then 7 letters.
BREAK · THROUGH
heartbreak · breakthrough · throughout — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Challenge
5 letters, then 5 letters.
LIGHT · HOUSE
sunlight · lighthouse · housework — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 38 ran on Sunday, August 30, 2026. Its three bridges were ART to BOAT, HEART to OUT and SUN to WORK. 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 WORK then HOUSE, which gives artwork, workhouse and houseboat. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins ART to BOAT, 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 heartbreak, breakthrough and throughout. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 7.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 2 different pairs here and every one of them scores: LAND · FALL 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 LIGHT then HOUSE, which gives sunlight, lighthouse and housework. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins SUN to WORK, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
WORK, HOUSE, BREAK and LIGHT 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.