Saturday, September 12, 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
3 letters, then 4 letters.
OUT · DOOR
layout · outdoor · doorstep — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
4 letters, then 4 letters.
SOME · BODY
fearsome · somebody · bodyguard — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
4 letters, then 4 letters.
TAKE · OVER
undertake · takeover · overweight — at least 2 different legal bridges exist for this one, so a different answer may well have counted too.
Day 51 ran on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Its three bridges were LAY to STEP, FEAR to GUARD and UNDER to WEIGHT. 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 OUT then DOOR, which gives layout, outdoor and doorstep. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins LAY to STEP, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is SOME then BODY, which gives fearsome, somebody and bodyguard. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins FEAR to GUARD, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is TAKE then OVER, which gives undertake, takeover and overweight. 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: PASS · OVER 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.
OUT, DOOR, SOME, TAKE and OVER 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.