LinkedIn Pinpoint #897 Answer
- 1The dog
- 2The streets
- 3The line
- 4The plank
- 5A tightrope(take no false steps!)
What do all five have in common?
Two hints first
Hint 1 · what kind of category
The category starts with “Things…” — look for a property, a place or an action that all five clues share.
Hint 2 · the category, masked
The category, with the giveaway words masked: Things you can "W___".
Pinpoint #897 category
Tap to reveal
All five clues — The dog, The streets, The line, The plank and A tightrope — fit “Things you can "walk"”.
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 |
|---|---|
| The line | #649 Terms that come after "hold" |
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- Oct 2, 2026 #885 Things associated with Scotland (🏴)
- Sep 24, 2026 #877 Things associated with steam
- Sep 23, 2026 #876 Things shaped like triangles
- Sep 20, 2026 #873 Things with holds
- Sep 16, 2026 #869 Things that are refilled
The days before
- Oct 13, 2026 #896 Shades of purple or violet
- Oct 12, 2026 #895 Military ranks
- Oct 11, 2026 #894 Things that are stacked
- Oct 10, 2026 #893 Words that come before "ten"
- Oct 9, 2026 #892 Types of whales
Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #897
Pinpoint #897 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. It was a “Things…” category, like 97 of the 440 puzzles from #458 to #897 (22%). 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 “Things…” category
A “Things…” category is held together by a shared property (colour, shape, what something has or does) rather than by what the objects are. Ask what the first two clues have physically or functionally in common — not what kind of thing they are. If one clue carries a bracketed hint, it usually points straight at that shared property.
Pinpoint #897 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on October 14, 2026?
Pinpoint #897 (October 14, 2026) had the category “Things you can "walk"”. The five clues were The dog, The streets, The line, The plank and A tightrope.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #897?
In order: 1. The dog; 2. The streets; 3. The line; 4. The plank; 5. A tightrope (take no false steps!).
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