Chainle Answer November 6, 2026
Puzzle #79 · Friday · unofficial answer page
The five official answers for Chainle #79 on Friday, November 6, 2026 were
emergency, platform, meter, service and sleeping.
Below, each round explains why the word connects its clues, which other guesses would still have earned points,
and the tempting wrong answers that score almost nothing.
You can still play this day from the archive on chainle.io.
Chainle #79 answers at a glance
| Round | Type | Clues | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Two-word bridge | flood, telephone | emergency |
| 2 | Two-word bridge | bridge, application | platform |
| 3 | Two-word bridge | pole, length | meter |
| 4 | Three-word bridge | memorial, utility, advertising | service |
| 5 | Closest connection | bed | sleeping |
Every round explained
For each round: why the official word links the clues, other answers that likely
earn partial points, and common wrong answers. Chainle scores any word by meaning, so near misses
still count; the official data only names the 1,000-point word. Links and near misses come from public dictionary and
word-association data: senses and synonyms from WordNet 3.1, related words from Datamuse, and phrases checked against
Google Books (a phrase is only called common if it is, and proper names never count).
Round 1 · Two-word bridge
flood·telephone
Round 1 answer
emergency
Why emergency is the link
Emergency is the one word that serves both clues together.
Flood is the weak link: a flood is a classic example of a sudden crisis, so read emergency as a situation that needs immediate action, not as a hospital department.
On the telephone side the link is contextual: the two words often appear in the same sentences.
Start from this sense of emergency: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
.
Other answers that can score
No other accepted words are published for this round, but near misses still earn partial credit. Likely candidates (exact points are the game’s call):
- disaster, catastrophe — close to emergency in meaning, but weaker on the clues.
Common wrong answers
One-sided guesses score almost nothing, because the weakest clue drags the round down:
- swamp — fits flood, but not telephone.
- phone — fits telephone, but not flood.
- Any clue word or a form of one (like floods) — rejected outright.
Round 2 · Two-word bridge
bridge·application
Round 2 answer
platform
Why platform is the link
Platform earns the full 1,000 because it connects both sides.
Bridge is the weak link: on a ship the bridge is the raised deck where the ship is steered and the captain stands, so read platform as a raised, level surface rather than a software platform.
Application is a looser fit: platform appears in its list of related words, but not near the top. The matching dictionary sense of platform: the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
.
The core sense of platform here: a raised horizontal surface
.
Other answers that can score
No other accepted words are published for this round, but near misses still earn partial credit. Likely candidates (exact points are the game’s call):
- program — a near-synonym of platform, likely the closest runner-up.
- redress, remedy — related to bridge and application, but less tightly.
Common wrong answers
One-sided guesses score almost nothing, because the weakest clue drags the round down:
- span — fits bridge, but not application.
- apply — fits application, but not bridge.
- Any clue word or a form of one (like bridges) — rejected outright.
Round 3 · Two-word bridge
pole·length
Round 3 answer
meter
Why meter is the link
Meter earns the full 1,000 because it connects both sides.
Pole is the weak link: a pole is also an old unit of length (16.5 feet, the same as a rod or perch), so read meter as the unit of length, not the measuring device.
On the length side the link is contextual: the two words often appear in the same sentences.
The core sense of meter here: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
.
Other answers that can score
No other accepted words are published for this round, but near misses still earn partial credit. Likely candidates (exact points are the game’s call):
- measure, time — near-synonyms of meter, likely the closest runners-up.
- metre, scale — close to meter in meaning, but weaker on the clues.
Common wrong answers
One-sided guesses score almost nothing, because the weakest clue drags the round down:
- rod — fits pole, but not length.
- distance — fits length, but not pole.
- Any clue word or a form of one (like poles) — rejected outright.
Round 4 · Three-word bridge
memorial·utility·advertising
Round 4 answer
service
Why service is the link
Service has to work with all three clues at once.
The everyday phrase “memorial service” (about 466 per billion words in Google Books) carries this side. Note: a memorial service is a ceremony held in someone’s memory, so on this side service means a formal ceremony or act of worship.
A utility is a kind of service, so this side is a category link. A dictionary entry for utility even mentions it: A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage
.
Advertising is the weak link: advertising is how businesses sell what they offer, and much of what they sell is a service, so read service here as work done for a customer.
The main dictionary sense to work from: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
.
Plenty of words fit two of the three; service is the one that keeps all three chains strong.
Other answers that can score
No other accepted words are published for this round, but near misses still earn partial credit. Likely candidates (exact points are the game’s call):
- avail, serve — near-synonyms of service, likely the closest runners-up.
- help, assistance — close to service in meaning, but weaker on the clues.
Common wrong answers
One-sided guesses score almost nothing, because the weakest clue drags the round down:
- remembrance — fits memorial, but not utility or advertising.
- usefulness — fits utility, but not memorial or advertising.
- promotional — fits advertising, but not memorial or utility.
- Any clue word or a form of one (like memorials) — rejected outright.
Round 5 · Closest connection
bed
Round 5 answer
sleeping
Why sleeping is the link
One clue, bed, and the task is its nearest partner in meaning, not just something associated with it. Sleeping is the official 1,000-point word.
Sleeping is among the words closest in meaning to bed — close, though the dictionary does not call them synonyms. A dictionary entry for bed even mentions it: Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping
.
The core sense of sleeping here: the state of being asleep
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Other answers that can score
No other accepted words are published for this round, but near misses still earn partial credit. Likely candidates (exact points are the game’s call):
- seam, bottom, bang, love — near bed in meaning, but not as close as sleeping.
Common wrong answers
Related is not the same as closest in meaning:
- ich — goes with bed, but doesn’t mean the same thing.
- breakfast — goes with bed, but doesn’t mean the same thing.
- Any clue word or a form of one (like beds) — rejected outright.
About this puzzle
Like every Chainle, #79 had three two-word bridges, one three-word bridge, and a closest-connection
round. Each round was worth up to 1,000 points, for a perfect score of 5,000. The official game scores any
dictionary word by meaning, so the near misses above earn partial credit, while one-sided guesses barely score.
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