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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #774 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for June 13, 2026. Pinpoint is LinkedIn's category-guessing game: five clues share one hidden theme, and you get up to five guesses with optional hints on the board below. This page includes the live board, a solved-board view, and a step-by-step Solution walkthrough. Difficulty: Hard. Estimated solve time: 6–10 min. Read the explainer sections below for strategy, or jump straight into play.
Answer
Things that block sunlight
This is a named set puzzle — each clue is a member of Things that block sunlight, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Clouds". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Parasols") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Clouds", "Parasols", "Tinted glass") are enough to propose "Things that block sunlight" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Dark curtains") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("The Moon during some eclipses") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Things that block sunlight".
Classification result: "Things that block sunlight". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Clouds" → Clouds is a clear, everyday example of things that block sunlight — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Clouds" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Parasols" → Parasols is a clear, everyday example of things that block sunlight — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Parasols" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Tinted glass" → Tinted glass is a clear, everyday example of things that block sunlight — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Tinted glass" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Dark curtains" → Dark curtains is a clear, everyday example of things that block sunlight — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Dark curtains" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "The Moon during some eclipses" → The Moon during some eclipses is a clear, everyday example of things that block sunlight — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "The Moon during some eclipses" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Things that block sunlight" passes the five-sample test: "Clouds", "Parasols", "Tinted glass", "Dark curtains", and "The Moon during some eclipses" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Clouds", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Clouds" and "Parasols" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Tinted glass"), "Things that block sunlight" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Dark curtains" strengthens "Things that block sunlight" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("The Moon during some eclipses") confirms "Things that block sunlight" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked.
Pattern
Each clue is a concrete example of a broader collection. The answer is the set label that every row belongs to without stretching the meaning.
Learn more in Pinpoint Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
All five samples map to "Things that block sunlight" using the same rule. Named set puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #774 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Clouds", "Parasols", "Tinted glass", "Dark curtains", and "The Moon during some eclipses". Surface diversity is deliberate; the category is the hidden constant.
When you see named set phrasing in the answer, look for concrete members in the clue list — not abstract traits. That heuristic would have surfaced "Things that block sunlight" faster on this board.
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Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Clouds, Parasols, Tinted glass, Dark curtains, and The Moon during some eclipses. The answer is Things that block sunlight. Each clue is a concrete example of a broader collection. The answer is the set label that every row belongs to without stretching the meaning. With only "Clouds", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Clouds" and "Parasols" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Tinted glass"), "Things that block sunlight" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Dark curtains" strengthens "Things that block sunlight" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("The Moon during some eclipses") confirms "Things that block sunlight" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked. Use the Solution tab above for an interactive clue-by-clue walkthrough, or the Solved board tab for the complete answer at a glance.