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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #796 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for July 5, 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
Different meanings of “clip”
This is a multiple meanings puzzle — each clue is a member of Different meanings of “clip”, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
I see "A rapid pace" first and immediately list three possible categories. That is the right instinct: one clue is never enough to submit a final answer.
Clue two is "Hit at an angle". I cross off any category that only fit "A rapid pace" — the overlap has to be real.
"Small metal fastener for paper" is where I would commit if I had a strong theory. Three clues sharing one rule is the Pinpoint sweet spot.
"Cut with scissors" keeps pointing the same direction — good puzzles do not throw a curveball on clue four.
The last clue "Short segment of a film" is confirmation, not discovery. I am checking that my answer survives the final row.
My final answer is "Different meanings of “clip”". Every clue felt like a member of that category once the pattern clicked — that is the feeling of a correct Pinpoint solve.
Clues
Connection to answer
I read "A rapid pace" and note: A rapid pace demonstrates one distinct sense of the word named in the category — a separate meaning from other clues.
Solving role
First read: I do not guess yet — "A rapid pace" alone has too many meanings.
Connection to answer
I read "Hit at an angle" and note: Hit at an angle demonstrates one distinct sense of the word named in the category — a separate meaning from other clues.
Solving role
Cross-check: "Hit at an angle" may pull you toward one meaning of the word — check whether every clue uses a different sense.
Connection to answer
I read "Small metal fastener for paper" and note: Small metal fastener for paper demonstrates one distinct sense of the word named in the category — a separate meaning from other clues.
Solving role
Turning point: "Small metal fastener for paper" is where I would submit if my top category still fits.
Connection to answer
I read "Cut with scissors" and note: Cut with scissors demonstrates one distinct sense of the word named in the category — a separate meaning from other clues.
Solving role
Verifier: "Cut with scissors" may pull you toward one meaning of the word — check whether every clue uses a different sense.
Connection to answer
I read "Short segment of a film" and note: Short segment of a film demonstrates one distinct sense of the word named in the category — a separate meaning from other clues.
Solving role
Lock: "Short segment of a film" may pull you toward one meaning of the word — check whether every clue uses a different sense.
Verification
I landed on "Different meanings of “clip”" because nothing else covered every clue cleanly. "A rapid pace", "Hit at an angle", "Small metal fastener for paper", "Cut with scissors", and "Short segment of a film" look different on the surface, but each one is a member of different meanings of “clip”. When a category survives clue five as easily as clue one, that is your answer.
Solve path
With only "A rapid pace", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "A rapid pace" and "Hit at an angle" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Small metal fastener for paper"), "Different meanings of “clip”" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Cut with scissors" strengthens "Different meanings of “clip”" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Short segment of a film") confirms "Different meanings of “clip”" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked.
Pattern
The clues use the same word or related forms in different senses. The category describes those distinct meanings rather than a single object type.
Learn more in Pinpoint Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
I stopped treating each clue as its own mini-puzzle. Once I asked "what label covers "A rapid pace", "Hit at an angle", "Small metal fastener for paper", "Cut with scissors", and "Short segment of a film"?" instead of "what links these two?", "Different meanings of “clip”" appeared. The breakthrough clue for me was "Small metal fastener for paper".
On multiple meanings boards like this, I would write down three category candidates after clue 2 and eliminate aggressively. Here, anything that failed on "Small metal fastener for paper" should have been crossed out immediately.
Try solving LinkedIn Pinpoint #796 again using only two guesses. The category "Different meanings of “clip”" should feel stable by clue 3 — if it does not, your category is still too narrow.
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Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: A rapid pace, Hit at an angle, Small metal fastener for paper, Cut with scissors, and Short segment of a film. The answer is Different meanings of “clip”. The clues use the same word or related forms in different senses. The category describes those distinct meanings rather than a single object type. With only "A rapid pace", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "A rapid pace" and "Hit at an angle" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Small metal fastener for paper"), "Different meanings of “clip”" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Cut with scissors" strengthens "Different meanings of “clip”" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Short segment of a film") confirms "Different meanings of “clip”" — 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.