Missing Link is a free daily word puzzle. Each day you get one chain of five links. Every link shows two words with a gap between them — your job is to find the missing word that forms a real compound word or phrase with both sides.
Compound words are little pieces of language archaeology — BREAKFAST really was breaking a fast; a DEADLINE was once a very literal line. Missing Link turns that hidden structure of English into a two-minute daily ritual. Every puzzle in our library is verified against a full English dictionary and word-frequency data, then reviewed by hand, so every answer is a real, common word — never an obscure trick.
Everyone in the world gets the identical chain each day, so results are comparable — that's what makes sharing fun. A new chain arrives at midnight, your local time.