Pinpoint Answer

This writing tool is often used to convey insights and suggestions. ✍️
Known for its sharpness, this item can represent strategic advantages. ⚔️
This natural formation is a reminder that there's often more beneath the surface. 🧊
This type of column offers guidance and suggestions to readers. 📰
This describes an experience that goes above and beyond expectations. 🌟

How to Solve it

  1. 1

    Points Meet Advice 🖊️

    Pen, Sword, and Iceberg all suggest pointed ends or visible points. That makes a category of things with points seem likely.

  2. 2

    Advice Changes Point 📰

    An Advice column does not have a physical point. It exposes the word “tip,” which can mean a helpful suggestion as well as an end or point.

  3. 3

    Service Seals It 💸

    High-quality service can earn a tip from a customer. All five clues connect to different uses or associations of tips.

The pattern

Things associated with tips.

Words & how they fit

  • Pen

    Pen tip

    The tip is the writing end of a pen.

  • Sword

    Sword tip

    The tip is the pointed end of a sword.

  • Iceberg

    Tip of the iceberg

    The visible part is only the tip of the iceberg.

  • Advice column

    Advice column tips

    An advice column offers tips and suggestions.

  • High-quality service

    Tip for high-quality service

    Good service can prompt a customer to leave a gratuity.

Recent Pinpoint Answers

The last 7 days of solutions

Aug 4· #826

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Aug 3· #825

Date
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Aug 2· #824

First
Pin
Net
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Words that come after “safety”

Aug 1· #823

Wheel
Ribs
Glaze
Clay
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Things used when making pottery

Jul 31· #822

Fair
Asking
Market
Sale
Name your
Words that come before “price”

Jul 30· #821

Iron
Wood
Wedge
Driver
Putter
Types of golf club

Jul 29· #820

Merry
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Boromir
Frodo
Gandalf the Grey
Members of the Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)

What connects Pen, Sword, Iceberg, Advice column and High-quality service? That's Pinpoint #810, the LinkedIn puzzle from Sunday, July 19th, 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 Pen, Sword, Iceberg, Advice column and High-quality service?

The answer to Pinpoint #810 is Things that are associated with tips. Every clue in the set — Pen, Sword, Iceberg, Advice column and High-quality service — belongs to “Things that are associated with tips”, which is the thread you're looking for.

If you got there in one or two clues, the giveaway was almost certainly Pen paired with Sword — 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.

How Pinpoint works

RuleDetail
GoalGuess the category that connects all five clue words (for example, “Apple, Dell, Acer, HP” → computer brands).
Clues reveal one at a timeYou start with one word and get another after each wrong guess, up to five — the fewer you need, the better your score.
GuessesType the category; the game tells you if you're right. You have a limited number of tries.
ResetA new Pinpoint puzzle drops every day at midnight Pacific Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern).

Solving a clue set like this one

  • Put the first two clues side by side before guessing anything. Pen on its own fits a dozen categories; Pen plus Sword 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.

Other Pinpoint clue sets

Every Pinpoint puzzle has its own page here, filed under its clue words. Use the calendar above to jump to another day, or open the main Pinpoint answers page for the current puzzle.

Frequently asked questions

What connects Pen, Sword, Iceberg, Advice column and High-quality service?

They're all “Things that are associated with tips” — the answer to Pinpoint #810 from Sunday, July 19th, 2026.

What was the Pinpoint #810 answer?

Things that are associated with tips. The walkthrough under the answer explains why each of the five clues fits.

Why is Pen a clue for Things that are associated with tips?

The clue-by-clue table above gives the exact pairing for Pen, 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.