LIGHT is a hinge word: 7 words make a compound in front of it and 2 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 LIGHT.
Each of these makes a compound starting with LIGHT.
LIGHT is a noun, an adjective and a verb, and all three compound. FLASHLIGHT and MOONLIGHT are sources, LIGHTHOUSE is a building, and LIGHTWEIGHT uses the unrelated not-heavy sense - a good reminder that chains follow spelling, not meaning.
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.
DAY → LIGHT → HOUSE — daylight and lighthouseFLASH → LIGHT → WEIGHT — flashlight and lightweightKEYSTONE 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 28.
BACK · BALL · BED · BOARD · BOOK · BREAK · DAY · DOWN · FALL · FIRE · GUN · HAND · HEAD · HOUSE · LAND · LIFE · MAN · NIGHT · OFF · OUT · OVER · SHIP · SIDE · SOME · TIME · WAY · WORK