HOUSE is a hinge word: 17 words make a compound in front of it and 8 make one after it, so it can sit in the middle of a chain and hold two compounds together at once.
Each of these makes a compound ending in HOUSE.
Each of these makes a compound starting with HOUSE.
HOUSE is the most productive place-noun in English compounding: almost any activity can be turned into a building. FARMHOUSE, COURTHOUSE, POWERHOUSE and GREENHOUSE run one way; HOUSEWORK, HOUSEBOAT and HOUSEHOLD run the other.
These words make a compound whichever side of HOUSE they sit on, usually with two unrelated meanings.
Put any word from the first list in front and any word from the second behind, and you have a three-word chain in which both neighbouring pairs join. Here are some of them.
CLUB → HOUSE → BOAT — clubhouse and houseboatCOURT → HOUSE → BOY — courthouse and houseboyDOG → HOUSE → HOLD — doghouse and householdFARM → HOUSE → KEEPING — farmhouse and housekeepingFIRE → HOUSE → MAN — firehouse and housemanGREEN → HOUSE → WIFE — greenhouse and housewifeGUARD → HOUSE → WIVES — guardhouse and housewivesLIGHT → HOUSE → WORK — lighthouse and houseworkKEYSTONE is a free daily puzzle built entirely out of chains like these. You get the two ends and have to fill the two words in the middle. Three bridges a day, no account, no cookies.
Each of these has a page like this one. There is also an index of all 27.
BACK · BALL · BED · BOARD · BOOK · BREAK · DAY · DOWN · FALL · FIRE · GUN · HAND · HEAD · LAND · LIFE · LIGHT · MAN · NIGHT · OFF · OUT · OVER · SIDE · SOME · TIME · WAY · WORK