Pinpoint Answer 808
Pinpoint Answer
How to Solve it
- 1
Boat Types First 🚤
Life, Show, and Row look like names of boat types: lifeboat, showboat, and rowboat. That makes a literal nautical reading reasonable.
- 2
Floating Idiom 🌊
“Whatever floats your” cannot name a boat type, because it needs “boat” to complete the familiar idiom. The clue set instead uses words and phrases that join directly with “boat.”
- 3
Five Boat Links ⚓
Tug forms tugboat, confirming the same word link. All five clues become familiar compounds or the phrase “Whatever floats your boat.”
Words that come before “boat”.
Words & how they fit
- Life
Lifeboat
A boat used for rescuing people at sea.
- Show
Showboat
A person or performance that attracts attention.
- Row
Rowboat
A small boat moved with oars.
- Tug
Tugboat
A powerful boat that pulls or pushes other vessels.
- Whatever floats your
Whatever floats your boat
An expression meaning whatever makes you happy.
| Word | Connection | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Life | Lifeboat | A boat used for rescuing people at sea. |
| Show | Showboat | A person or performance that attracts attention. |
| Row | Rowboat | A small boat moved with oars. |
| Tug | Tugboat | A powerful boat that pulls or pushes other vessels. |
| Whatever floats your | Whatever floats your boat | An expression meaning whatever makes you happy. |
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The last 7 days of solutions
What connects Life, Show, Row, Tug and Whatever floats your? That's Pinpoint #808, the LinkedIn puzzle from Friday, July 17th, 2026. Tap any clue above to open a nudge for that word, read the final hint if you want one more push, then reveal the category. Below the answer there's a full walkthrough: the wrong turn these clues invite, the clue that breaks it open, and what each word actually pairs with.
What connects Life, Show, Row, Tug and Whatever floats your?
The answer to Pinpoint #808 is Words that come before “boat”. Every clue in the set — Life, Show, Row, Tug and Whatever floats your — belongs to “Words that come before “boat””, which is the thread you're looking for.
If you got there in one or two clues, the giveaway was almost certainly Life paired with Show — that combination rules out most of the categories a single word could belong to. The clue-by-clue breakdown above the fold shows exactly where each word lands.
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|---|---|
| Goal | Guess the category that connects all five clue words (for example, “Apple, Dell, Acer, HP” → computer brands). |
| Clues reveal one at a time | You start with one word and get another after each wrong guess, up to five — the fewer you need, the better your score. |
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Solving a clue set like this one
- Put the first two clues side by side before guessing anything. Life on its own fits a dozen categories; Life plus Show usually fits one or two.
- If your first theory dies on clue three, don't patch it — throw it out. A theory that needs an exception for one clue is the wrong theory.
- Check for a shared word before you check for a shared topic. Pinpoint loves sets where every clue sits in front of (or behind) the same hidden word.
- Say each clue out loud. Homophones and phrases hide in plain sight when you only read them.
How Pinpoint scoring works
You see one clue to start and earn another after every wrong guess, up to five. Solving on clue one is the best possible result and solving on clue five still counts as a win, so there's no reason to rush a guess you're not confident in — a wrong answer costs you a clue you can't get back.
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Frequently asked questions
What connects Life, Show, Row, Tug and Whatever floats your?
They're all “Words that come before “boat”” — the answer to Pinpoint #808 from Friday, July 17th, 2026.
What was the Pinpoint #808 answer?
Words that come before “boat”. The walkthrough under the answer explains why each of the five clues fits.
Why is Life a clue for Words that come before “boat”?
The clue-by-clue table above gives the exact pairing for Life, along with the other four clues in the set.
How do I see today's Pinpoint answer instead?
Open the main LinkedIn Pinpoint answers page — it always shows the current day's clues, hints, and answer, plus a countdown to the next puzzle.