Pinpoint Answer 825
Pinpoint Answer
How to Solve it
- 1
Tropical Fruit Theory 🍈
Date and lychee suggest sweet, soft fruits from warm climates. Apricot also fits a broad fruit category, so the first three clues seem to point there.
- 2
Apricot Changes Course 🍑
Apricot is not truly tropical, so that reading breaks down. It instead highlights the hard central pit shared by these fruits.
- 3
The Stone Pattern 🪨
Peach and cherry confirm the pattern with their familiar pits. All five are drupes, or fruits built around a single stone.
Fruits with a single hard stone, also called drupes.
Words & how they fit
- Date
A single seed inside fleshy fruit
A date has one hard seed surrounded by edible flesh.
- Lychee
A single large seed inside juicy flesh
A lychee contains one prominent central seed.
- Apricot
A single stone inside soft flesh
An apricot has one hard pit at its center.
- Peach
A deeply grooved central stone
A peach encloses one large, ridged pit.
- Cherry
A single smooth central stone
A cherry has one hard pit surrounded by fruit.
| Word | Connection | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Date | A single seed inside fleshy fruit | A date has one hard seed surrounded by edible flesh. |
| Lychee | A single large seed inside juicy flesh | A lychee contains one prominent central seed. |
| Apricot | A single stone inside soft flesh | An apricot has one hard pit at its center. |
| Peach | A deeply grooved central stone | A peach encloses one large, ridged pit. |
| Cherry | A single smooth central stone | A cherry has one hard pit surrounded by fruit. |
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The last 7 days of solutions
What connects Date, Lychee, Apricot, Peach and Cherry? That's Pinpoint #825, the LinkedIn puzzle from Monday, August 3rd, 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 Date, Lychee, Apricot, Peach and Cherry?
The answer to Pinpoint #825 is Names of stone fruits (drupes). Every clue in the set — Date, Lychee, Apricot, Peach and Cherry — belongs to “Names of stone fruits (drupes)”, which is the thread you're looking for.
If you got there in one or two clues, the giveaway was almost certainly Date paired with Lychee — 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
| 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. |
| Guesses | Type the category; the game tells you if you're right. You have a limited number of tries. |
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Solving a clue set like this one
- Put the first two clues side by side before guessing anything. Date on its own fits a dozen categories; Date plus Lychee 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 Date, Lychee, Apricot, Peach and Cherry?
They're all “Names of stone fruits (drupes)” — the answer to Pinpoint #825 from Monday, August 3rd, 2026.
What was the Pinpoint #825 answer?
Names of stone fruits (drupes). The walkthrough under the answer explains why each of the five clues fits.
Why is Date a clue for Names of stone fruits (drupes)?
The clue-by-clue table above gives the exact pairing for Date, 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.