2026-06-18
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Puzzle guide
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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #779 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for June 18, 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: Medium. Estimated solve time: 4–6 min. Read the explainer sections below for strategy, or jump straight into play.
Answer
Things that are the tallest of their kind
This is a superlative puzzle — each clue is a member of Things that are the tallest of their kind, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Angel Falls (in Venezuela)", "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)", "Giraffe (among All Land Animals)") are enough to propose "Things that are the tallest of their kind" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Mauna Kea (base To Peak)") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Things that are the tallest of their kind".
Classification result: "Things that are the tallest of their kind". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)" → Angel Falls (in Venezuela) is widely cited as a record-holder or standout for height within its class.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)" → Hyperion (redwood Tree In US) is widely cited as a record-holder or standout for height within its class.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Giraffe (among All Land Animals)" → Giraffe (among All Land Animals) is widely cited as a record-holder or standout for height within its class.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Giraffe (among All Land Animals)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)" → Mauna Kea (base To Peak) is widely cited as a record-holder or standout for height within its class.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)" → Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper) is widely cited as a record-holder or standout for height within its class.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Things that are the tallest of their kind" passes the five-sample test: "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)", "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)", "Giraffe (among All Land Animals)", "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)", and "Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)" and "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Giraffe (among All Land Animals)"), "Things that are the tallest of their kind" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)" strengthens "Things that are the tallest of their kind" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)") confirms "Things that are the tallest of their kind" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked.
Pattern
Every clue names something famous for standing above its peers — natural wonders, living things, or human-made structures linked by height or scale.
Learn more in Pinpoint Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
All five samples map to "Things that are the tallest of their kind" using the same rule. Superlative puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #779 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)", "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)", "Giraffe (among All Land Animals)", "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)", and "Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)". Surface diversity is deliberate; the category is the hidden constant.
When you see superlative phrasing in the answer, look for concrete members in the clue list — not abstract traits. That heuristic would have surfaced "Things that are the tallest of their kind" faster on this board.
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Angel Falls (in Venezuela), Hyperion (redwood Tree In US), Giraffe (among All Land Animals), Mauna Kea (base To Peak), and Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper). The answer is Things that are the tallest of their kind. Every clue names something famous for standing above its peers — natural wonders, living things, or human-made structures linked by height or scale. With only "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Angel Falls (in Venezuela)" and "Hyperion (redwood Tree In US)" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Giraffe (among All Land Animals)"), "Things that are the tallest of their kind" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Mauna Kea (base To Peak)" strengthens "Things that are the tallest of their kind" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Burj Khalifa (Dubai Skyscraper)") confirms "Things that are the tallest of their kind" — 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.