Pinpoint Answer

The answer for Pinpoint on Aug 23, #845 is

A place or group devoted to developing and testing ideas 💡
A journalistic or essay-style treatment that explores one idea in depth 📝
This pairing encourages pausing to reconsider before acting 🔄
This pairing means expressing your reasoning verbally rather than keeping it internal 🗣️
This pairing encourages unconventional ideas beyond familiar assumptions 🚀

Words & how they fit

Each clue and why it belongs in the category

  • Tank

    Think tank

    A research group that develops ideas and advice.

  • Piece

    Think piece

    An article that presents opinions or analysis.

  • Twice

    Think twice

    To pause and reconsider something.

  • Out loud

    Think out loud

    To speak your thoughts as they form.

  • Outside the box

    Think outside the box

    To approach a problem in a creative way.

How to Solve it

A step-by-step walkthrough of this puzzle

  1. 1

    Tank, Piece, Twice 🧩

    Tank, Piece, and Twice first look like unrelated expressions tied to ideas, writing, and repetition. That loose interpretation is reasonable, but it gives no single grammatical link.

  2. 2

    Out Loud Shift 🔊

    Out loud rules out a category limited to nouns or idioms. It forms “think out loud,” revealing that every clue completes a phrase after the same lead word.

  3. 3

    Boxed-In Proof 📦

    Outside the box completes “think outside the box.” Along with think tank, think piece, and think twice, it confirms the shared pattern.

The pattern

Words that come after “think”.

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Aug 23· #845

Tank
Piece
Twice
Out loud
Outside the box
Words that come after “think”

What connects Tank, Piece, Twice, Out loud and Outside the box? That's Pinpoint #845, the LinkedIn puzzle from Sunday, August 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 Tank, Piece, Twice, Out loud and Outside the box?

The answer to Pinpoint #845 is Words that come after “think”. Every clue in the set — Tank, Piece, Twice, Out loud and Outside the box — belongs to “Words that come after “think””, which is the thread you're looking for.

If you got there in one or two clues, the giveaway was almost certainly Tank paired with Piece — 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. Tank on its own fits a dozen categories; Tank plus Piece 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 Tank, Piece, Twice, Out loud and Outside the box?

They're all “Words that come after “think”” — the answer to Pinpoint #845 from Sunday, August 23rd, 2026.

What was the Pinpoint #845 answer?

Words that come after “think”. The walkthrough under the answer explains why each of the five clues fits.

Why is Tank a clue for Words that come after “think”?

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