Wednesday, September 9, 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
redhead · headmaster · mastermind — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
5 letters, then 4 letters.
NIGHT · FALL
overnight · nightfall · fallout — at least 4 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Challenge
4 letters, then 3 letters.
WALK · OUT
crosswalk · walkout · outpost — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 48 ran on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Its three bridges were RED to MIND, OVER to OUT and CROSS to POST. 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 redhead, headmaster and mastermind. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 6.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins RED to MIND, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is NIGHT then FALL, which gives overnight, nightfall and fallout. The first gap is 5 letters, the second is 4.
This bridge is not unique. KEYSTONE accepts 4 different pairs here and every one of them scores: LAND · FALL, NIGHT · TIME and BOARD · WALK 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 WALK then OUT, which gives crosswalk, walkout and outpost. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 3.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins CROSS to POST, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
HEAD, NIGHT, FALL, WALK and OUT 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.