LinkedIn Pinpoint #879 Answer
- 1Tip
- 2Dot
- 3Exact location
- 4Main idea
- 5Scoring unit in a game
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: Different D__________ of "P____".
Pinpoint #879 category
Tap to reveal
All five clues — Tip, Dot, Exact location, Main idea and Scoring unit in a game — fit “Different definitions of "point"”.
These clues in other Pinpoint puzzles
One of the five clues has turned up in other Pinpoints since #458. Pinpoint often reuses a clue word with a different meaning, so a clue you remember is no guarantee of the category. Their categories are spoilers for those days.
| Clue | Also in |
|---|---|
| Tip | #740 Parts of a pen |
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The days before
- Sep 25, 2026 #878 Words that come after "mixed"
- Sep 24, 2026 #877 Things associated with steam
- Sep 23, 2026 #876 Things shaped like triangles
- Sep 22, 2026 #875 Famous philosophers
- Sep 21, 2026 #874 Common national demonyms (i.e., names for people from a specific country)
Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #879
Pinpoint #879 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Saturday, September 26, 2026. Its category doesn’t use one of Pinpoint’s stock openings (“Things…”, “Types of…”, a before / after word), which was true of 143 of the 422 puzzles from #458 to #879 (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 #879 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on September 26, 2026?
Pinpoint #879 (September 26, 2026) had the category “Different definitions of "point"”. The five clues were Tip, Dot, Exact location, Main idea and Scoring unit in a game.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #879?
In order: 1. Tip; 2. Dot; 3. Exact location; 4. Main idea; 5. Scoring unit in a game.
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