Monday, September 7, 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.
OVER · LAND
passover · overland · landlord — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
4 letters, then 5 letters.
CLUB · HOUSE
nightclub · clubhouse · housewives — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
4 letters, then 4 letters.
DOWN · FALL
rundown · downfall · fallout — at least 3 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Day 46 ran on Monday, September 7, 2026. Its three bridges were PASS to LORD, NIGHT to WIVES and RUN to OUT. 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 OVER then LAND, which gives passover, overland and landlord. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins PASS to LORD, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is CLUB then HOUSE, which gives nightclub, clubhouse and housewives. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins NIGHT to WIVES, 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 rundown, downfall and fallout. 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: DOWN · TIME and OFF · HAND 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.
OVER, LAND, HOUSE, DOWN and FALL 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.