WORK is a hinge word: 11 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 WORK.
Each of these makes a compound starting with WORK.
WORK is a verb and a noun, so it hinges in both directions with equal ease: HOMEWORK, NETWORK and TEAMWORK on one side, WORKOUT, WORKSHOP and WORKHOUSE on the other.
These words make a compound whichever side of WORK 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.
ART → WORK → DAY — artwork and workdayCLOCK → WORK → HOUSE — clockwork and workhouseFIRE → WORK → LOAD — firework and workloadFOOT → WORK → MAN — footwork and workmanGROUND → WORK → OUT — groundwork and workoutHOME → WORK → PLACE — homework and workplaceHOUSE → WORK → ROOM — housework and workroomOVER → WORK → SHOP — overwork and workshopKEYSTONE 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 · NIGHT · OFF · OUT · OVER · SHIP · SIDE · SOME · TIME · WAY