LinkedIn Pinpoint #842 Answer
- 1Nori
- 2Jerky
- 3Instant coffee
- 4Prunes
- 5Raisins
What do all five have in common?
Two hints first
Hint 1 · what kind of category
The category is 5 words long and names a group all five clues belong to.
Hint 2 · the category, masked
The category, with the giveaway words masked: Food I____ that are D_________.
Pinpoint #842 category
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All five clues — Nori, Jerky, Instant coffee, Prunes and Raisins — fit “Food items that are dehydrated”.
These clues in other Pinpoint puzzles
None of these five clues has appeared in any other Pinpoint puzzle we have recorded (#458 onward) — this set was entirely new.
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Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #842
Pinpoint #842 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Thursday, August 20, 2026. Its category doesn’t use one of Pinpoint’s stock openings (“Things…”, “Types of…”, a before / after word), which was true of 132 of the 385 puzzles from #458 to #842 (34%). None of the five clues came with a bracketed hint: all five were bare words or phrases. No earlier puzzle in our archive used the same category.
How to crack a category like this
When a category has no stock opening, it usually names a group directly — parts of something, members of a set, or meanings of one word. Name the group the most obvious clue belongs to, then check that the vaguest clue fits it too; Pinpoint’s first clue is chosen to fit several groups, so the right answer is the one that survives all five.
Pinpoint #842 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on August 20, 2026?
Pinpoint #842 (August 20, 2026) had the category “Food items that are dehydrated”. The five clues were Nori, Jerky, Instant coffee, Prunes and Raisins.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #842?
In order: 1. Nori; 2. Jerky; 3. Instant coffee; 4. Prunes; 5. Raisins.
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