LinkedIn Pinpoint #853 Answer
- 1Risk
- 2Taboo
- 3Boggle
- 4Cluedo(Clue in N. America)
- 5Jenga
What do all five have in common?
Two hints first
Hint 1 · what kind of category
The category is 4 words long and names a group all five clues belong to.
Hint 2 · the category, masked
The category, with the giveaway words masked: Games P________ by H_____.
Pinpoint #853 category
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All five clues — Risk, Taboo, Boggle, Cluedo and Jenga — fit “Games published by Hasbro”.
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 #853
Pinpoint #853 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Monday, August 31, 2026. Its category doesn’t use one of Pinpoint’s stock openings (“Things…”, “Types of…”, a before / after word), which was true of 137 of the 396 puzzles from #458 to #853 (35%). One clue came with a bracketed hint, which Pinpoint rarely gave before December 2025 and has used often since. 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 #853 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on August 31, 2026?
Pinpoint #853 (August 31, 2026) had the category “Games published by Hasbro”. The five clues were Risk, Taboo, Boggle, Cluedo and Jenga.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #853?
In order: 1. Risk; 2. Taboo; 3. Boggle; 4. Cluedo (Clue in N. America); 5. Jenga.
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