Thursday, October 15, 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 3 letters.
WORK · OUT
teamwork · workout · output — other legal bridges may also count.
Main
3 letters, then 5 letters.
DAY · BREAK
someday · daybreak · breakthrough — other legal bridges may also count.
Challenge
3 letters, then 4 letters.
FLY · OVER
firefly · flyover · overland — other legal bridges may also count.
Day 84 ran on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Its three bridges were TEAM to PUT, SOME to THROUGH and FIRE to LAND. 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 WORK then OUT, which gives teamwork, workout and output. The first gap is 4 letters, the second is 3.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins TEAM to PUT, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is DAY then BREAK, which gives someday, daybreak and breakthrough. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 5.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins SOME to THROUGH, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
The answer is FLY then OVER, which gives firefly, flyover and overland. The first gap is 3 letters, the second is 4.
Only one pair in the KEYSTONE word bank joins FIRE to LAND, so this bridge had a single accepted answer. The narrow end is usually the one to solve first.
WORK, OUT, DAY, BREAK 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.