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Coffee to Office compound chain

Start at COFFEE, finish at OFFICE, and make every word between them do two jobs. A correct link completes one familiar expression with the word above and another with the word below.

Prepared by Puzzled.Com editorial · Published and reviewed August 8, 2026

Format
Compound chain
Difficulty
Approachable
Best for
Compound-word solvers

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Start
Missing word 1 · 5 letters
Missing word 2 · 6 letters
Missing word 3 · 4 letters
Missing word 4 · 3 letters
Finish

Solve from either end of the chain.

Rules

  1. Fill the four missing words between COFFEE and OFFICE.
  2. Read each neighboring pair in the displayed order.
  3. Every pair must make a familiar compound word or phrase.
  4. A missing word is correct only when it works with both neighbors.

Behind the puzzle

Every middle word turns a corner

TABLE closes COFFEE TABLE and opens TABLE TENNIS. The same two-neighbor obligation continues through TENNIS, SHOE, and BOX.

The chain changes context on purpose

Furniture becomes sport, sport becomes footwear, and footwear reaches entertainment. The fun comes from preserving familiar language while the subject keeps moving.

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The completed expressions

  1. COFFEE TABLE
  2. TABLE TENNIS
  3. TENNIS SHOE
  4. SHOEBOX
  5. BOX OFFICE

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