Level 8

Word Chain Level 8 Answers

A 6-word chain, each word linking to the next

The full answer is BITTER → SWEET → HEART → BREAK → …, with a definition for every word. This chain is about the game average of 6.8 words.

6Words in the chain
5Links to spot
6Definitions
6.8Game average
The chain

Level 8 — 6 Words

Read it left to right: every neighbouring pair makes a compound or a phrase. More chains are in levels 1–50.

BITTER SWEET HEART BREAK FAST FOOD
The links

Why Each Word Follows the Last

Each pair below is the compound or phrase that joins two neighbours. Spotting one usually gives you the next.

Definitions

What Each Word Means

Useful when a link looks wrong: a word in a chain is often being used in its second or third sense rather than the obvious one.

Bitteradjective

Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Heartnoun

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

Breakverb

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Fastadjective

Able to transfer data in a short period of time.

Foodnoun

Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. Other Levels Jump to a few of the next or previous levels in Word Chain. Previous Levels Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Next Levels Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 We want to provide as many answers and guides as possible to help you beat puzzle games. This page is specifically for Word Chain, but you

Solving a chain

How to Break Level 8 Open

01

Start from the ends, not the middle

The first and last words have only one neighbour each, so they carry the least ambiguity. Here that is BITTER and FOOD. The same trick works on every chain in levels 1-50.

02

A word can join in either direction

Chains use compounds both ways round — bitter sweet reads forwards, but many links only work if you try the reverse. If a word refuses to fit, flip the pair.

03

Check the second meaning

6 of the words here carry a definition above. Chains lean on secondary senses far more than the obvious one, which is why a link can look wrong until you read what the word actually means.

How to play

How to Solve a Word Chain Level

Ends first, then work inwards.

STEP 01

Read the chain as a sequence

It is not a word list. Each answer must join the one before it, so the order is part of the puzzle — see the full level list for how they grow.

STEP 02

Anchor at both ends

The outer words have a single neighbour each, so they are the least ambiguous place to start.

STEP 03

Try the pair both ways

Compounds work in one direction only. When a candidate stalls, reverse it before discarding it.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify every chain for all 569 levels, with definitions for the words

Levels are taken from the published answers and cross-checked against a second source, which agreed on all 520 levels it covers. The game itself ends at level 569: the source answers HTTP 200 for any higher number and serves one repeated puzzle, so those are deliberately not published. The routine is in our methodology and the standards in our editorial policy.

Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.

Last checked — Aug 24, 2026
Numbers

Word Chain by the numbers

569Levels covered
3,842Chain words
3,764Definitions
8Longest chain
Good to know

Word Chain Level 8 FAQ

What is the Word Chain level 8 answer?
The chain is BITTER → SWEET → HEART → BREAK → FAST → FOOD — 6 words, each linking to the next.
How do the words in level 8 link together?
Every neighbouring pair makes a compound or a set phrase: BITTER SWEET, SWEET HEART, HEART BREAK, and so on down the chain.
How long is a typical Word Chain level?
Chains run from 3 to 8 words, averaging 6.8. Level 8 has 6, so it is about average.
How many Word Chain levels are there?
569, numbered 1 to 569. All of them are covered here — see the Word Chain hub.
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