Thursday, October 8, 2026 — three word bridges. Answers appear here once the day is over.
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.
Main
3 letters, then 3 letters.
Challenge
4 letters, then 3 letters.
Day 77 is live right now. The three bridges are THROUGH to BACK, HAND to DOWN and CAMP to HOOD. Each one needs two middle words, and every neighbouring pair has to read as a single ordinary word once you push them together.
Warm-up — THROUGH to BACK. The first gap takes a 3-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind THROUGH and once in front of your second word.
Main — HAND to DOWN. The first gap takes a 3-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind HAND and once in front of your second word.
Challenge — CAMP to HOOD. The first gap takes a 4-letter word and the second takes a 3-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind CAMP and once in front of your second word.
The fastest way in is usually to think in hinge words: words that can attach on both sides, like HOUSE in GREENHOUSE and HOUSEBOAT, or OUT in BLACKOUT and OUTDOOR. Our reference list of 141 compound word hinges shows which words attach to each one on either side.
3 of today's prompt words are heavy hinges in their own right and have a page each: BACK, HAND and DOWN. Those pages list every compound those words take part in, which is a legitimate way in — they say nothing about which pairs are today's answers.
Answers for day 77 are published on this page after the day ends. Nothing above gives them away. If you want worked answers now, the archive has every finished day.