Pinpoint Answer 814
Pinpoint Answer
How to Solve it
- 1
Upward Kitchen Clues 🍞
The first three suggest upward movement in ordinary physical processes. Dough expands, tides climb, and steam lifts from a kettle.
- 2
Ashes Change Everything 🔥
The Phoenix breaks a strictly everyday reading. It is mythical, but it still rises from ashes, revealing a broader link built around the verb "rise."
- 3
The Sun Confirms It 🌅
The Sun completes the pattern because it rises in the east. All five are things that rise, literally or figuratively.
Things that rise.
Words & how they fit
- Dough
Yeast releases carbon dioxide that makes the dough expand
Fermentation causes dough to rise.
- Tides
Sea level lifted by lunar gravity
The Moon's gravitational pull makes tides rise.
- Steam (from a kettle)
Hot vapor rising because it is less dense than air
Steam rises above the kettle.
- The Phoenix (from the ashes)
A mythical bird rising from its ashes
The Phoenix rises again after its destruction.
- The Sun (in the east)
The Sun appears to rise in the east as Earth rotates
The Sun rises in the eastern sky each morning.
| Word | Connection | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Dough | Yeast releases carbon dioxide that makes the dough expand | Fermentation causes dough to rise. |
| Tides | Sea level lifted by lunar gravity | The Moon's gravitational pull makes tides rise. |
| Steam (from a kettle) | Hot vapor rising because it is less dense than air | Steam rises above the kettle. |
| The Phoenix (from the ashes) | A mythical bird rising from its ashes | The Phoenix rises again after its destruction. |
| The Sun (in the east) | The Sun appears to rise in the east as Earth rotates | The Sun rises in the eastern sky each morning. |
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The last 7 days of solutions
What connects Dough, Tides, Steam (from a kettle), The Phoenix (from the ashes) and The Sun (in the east)? That's Pinpoint #814, the LinkedIn puzzle from Thursday, July 23rd, 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 Dough, Tides, Steam (from a kettle), The Phoenix (from the ashes) and The Sun (in the east)?
The answer to Pinpoint #814 is Things that rise. Every clue in the set — Dough, Tides, Steam (from a kettle), The Phoenix (from the ashes) and The Sun (in the east) — belongs to “Things that rise”, which is the thread you're looking for.
If you got there in one or two clues, the giveaway was almost certainly Dough paired with Tides — 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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| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| 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. Dough on its own fits a dozen categories; Dough plus Tides 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 Dough, Tides, Steam (from a kettle), The Phoenix (from the ashes) and The Sun (in the east)?
They're all “Things that rise” — the answer to Pinpoint #814 from Thursday, July 23rd, 2026.
What was the Pinpoint #814 answer?
Things that rise. The walkthrough under the answer explains why each of the five clues fits.
Why is Dough a clue for Things that rise?
The clue-by-clue table above gives the exact pairing for Dough, 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.