LinkedIn Pinpoint #888 Answer
- 1Recorder
- 2Whistle
- 3Piccolo
- 4Flute
- 5Clarinet
What do all five have in common?
Two hints first
Hint 1 · what kind of category
The category is 2 words long and names a group all five clues belong to.
Hint 2 · the category, masked
The category, with the giveaway words masked: W___ I__________.
Pinpoint #888 category
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All five clues — Recorder, Whistle, Piccolo, Flute and Clarinet — fit “Wind instruments”.
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.
Related Pinpoint puzzles
Similar categories
- Jul 26, 2026 #817 Parts of a brass instrument (like a trumpet)
- Jun 10, 2026 #771 Terms for wind conditions (varying duration and intensity)
The days before
- Oct 4, 2026 #887 Actors who have played James Bond
- Oct 3, 2026 #886 Words that come after "common"
- Oct 2, 2026 #885 Things associated with Scotland (🏴)
- Oct 1, 2026 #884 Parts of the ear
- Sep 30, 2026 #883 Types of rings
Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #888
Pinpoint #888 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Monday, October 5, 2026. Its category doesn’t use one of Pinpoint’s stock openings (“Things…”, “Types of…”, a before / after word), which was true of 148 of the 431 puzzles from #458 to #888 (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 #888 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on October 5, 2026?
Pinpoint #888 (October 5, 2026) had the category “Wind instruments”. The five clues were Recorder, Whistle, Piccolo, Flute and Clarinet.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #888?
In order: 1. Recorder; 2. Whistle; 3. Piccolo; 4. Flute; 5. Clarinet.
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