NIGHT is a hinge word: 2 words make a compound in front of it and 6 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 NIGHT.
Each of these makes a compound starting with NIGHT.
NIGHT is a time word that also names darkness. MIDNIGHT and OVERNIGHT locate it; NIGHTFALL, NIGHTMARE and NIGHTTIME describe what happens inside it.
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.
GOOD → NIGHT → CAP — goodnight and nightcapOVER → NIGHT → CLUB — overnight and nightclubKEYSTONE 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 · LIGHT · MAN · OFF · OUT · OVER · SHIP · SIDE · SOME · TIME · WAY · WORK