Sunday, October 11, 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 5 letters.
Main
6 letters, then 4 letters.
Challenge
4 letters, then 4 letters.
Day 80 is live right now. The three bridges are WORK to THROUGH, GOD to LADY and HORSE to FLY. 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 — WORK to THROUGH. The first gap takes a 3-letter word and the second takes a 5-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind WORK and once in front of your second word.
Main — GOD to LADY. The first gap takes a 6-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind GOD and once in front of your second word.
Challenge — HORSE to FLY. The first gap takes a 4-letter word and the second takes a 4-letter word. Whatever you put in the first gap has to work twice: once behind HORSE 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.
One of today's prompt words, WORK, is a heavy hinge in its own right and has a page of its own. It lists every compound that word takes part in, which is a legitimate way in — it says nothing about which pair is today's answer.
Answers for day 80 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.