LinkedIn Pinpoint #900 Answer
- 1Defibrillator
- 2Steamboat
- 3Canoe
- 4Atari 2600(to play some Pong?)
- 5Table tennis(to hit the ball!)
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 with P______.
Pinpoint #900 category
Tap to reveal
All five clues — Defibrillator, Steamboat, Canoe, Atari 2600 and Table tennis — fit “Things with paddles”.
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 |
|---|---|
| Canoe | #463 Boats |
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Categories shown are those days’ answers.
About Pinpoint #900
Pinpoint #900 was LinkedIn’s puzzle for Saturday, October 17, 2026. It was a “Things…” category, like 98 of the 443 puzzles from #458 to #900 (22%). 2 of the five clues 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 #900 FAQ
What was the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer on October 17, 2026?
Pinpoint #900 (October 17, 2026) had the category “Things with paddles”. The five clues were Defibrillator, Steamboat, Canoe, Atari 2600 and Table tennis.
What were the clues for Pinpoint #900?
In order: 1. Defibrillator; 2. Steamboat; 3. Canoe; 4. Atari 2600 (to play some Pong?); 5. Table tennis (to hit the ball!).
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