It's Friday, and LinkedIn's Pinpoint #927 is waiting. We have the clues, a hint about the shape of the answer, and the category itself behind a spoiler shield.
Our read: the first clue is a short word that could point almost anywhere; LinkedIn accepts 3,191 phrasings of the answer, so you do not have to hit the exact wording. The best scores come from committing on clue two or three, so resist the urge to open everything.
Today's clues, one at a time
Clue one is open. Each further clue is behind a click, so you can play along at the same pace as the game.
▶ Reveal clue 2
2Canary
▶ Reveal clue 3
3Marshall
▶ Reveal clue 4
4Falkland
▶ Reveal clue 5
5Galápagos
A hint before the answer
The shape of the categoryLinkedIn's wording of the category is 10 words long and starts with N. One of the words in it is N···· (5 letters).
Today's Pinpoint answer
The category for Pinpoint #927 is behind the button. Nothing is shown until you click.
▶ Reveal the answer to Pinpoint #927
Names of island groups / archipelagoes (when followed by “Islands”)
What Cook, Canary, Marshall, Falkland, Galápagos have in common: Names of island groups / archipelagoes (when followed by “Islands”).
Yesterday's Pinpoint
Pinpoint #926 on Thursday, November 12, gave the clues Red, Stars, The light, The big picture, Eye to eye (agree fully). The category was Words that come after “see” in common idioms. Our full write-up is still up.
How Pinpoint works
Pinpoint shows you five clues, one at a time, that all belong to a single category. Type what you think the category is; a correct guess ends the round, and the fewer clues you needed, the better your score. The category can be phrased many ways, which is why LinkedIn accepts hundreds or thousands of answers for each puzzle, but it has to name the thing the clues have in common, not describe one of them.
A habit that pays: after the second clue, say out loud what the two words have in common and whether that would also hold for a third word you have not seen. If it would, guess. If you cannot think of a third, open one more clue, not two.
Pinpoint resets each morning. We will be back tomorrow with the clues for #928.