LinkedIn Pinpoint #895 Answer
- 1General
- 2Private
- 3Major
- 4Colonel
- 5Lieutenant
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: M_______ R____.
Pinpoint #895 category
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All five clues — General, Private, Major, Colonel and Lieutenant — fit “Military ranks”.
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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Similar categories
No earlier category shared a key word with this one.
The days before
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- Oct 10, 2026 #893 Words that come before "ten"
- Oct 9, 2026 #892 Types of whales
- Oct 8, 2026 #891 Words that come before "breaker"
- Oct 7, 2026 #890 Blood types
Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #895
Pinpoint #895 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Monday, October 12, 2026. Its category doesn’t use one of Pinpoint’s stock openings (“Things…”, “Types of…”, a before / after word), which was true of 151 of the 438 puzzles from #458 to #895 (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 #895 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on October 12, 2026?
Pinpoint #895 (October 12, 2026) had the category “Military ranks”. The five clues were General, Private, Major, Colonel and Lieutenant.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #895?
In order: 1. General; 2. Private; 3. Major; 4. Colonel; 5. Lieutenant.
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