2026-07-13
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Puzzle guide
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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #804 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for July 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: Easy. Estimated solve time: 3–5 min. Read the explainer sections below for strategy, or jump straight into play.
Answer
Manufacturers of personal computers
This is a category match puzzle — each clue is a member of Manufacturers of personal computers, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Apple". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Dell") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Apple", "Dell", "Acer") are enough to propose "Manufacturers of personal computers" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("HP") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Lenovo") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Manufacturers of personal computers".
Classification result: "Manufacturers of personal computers". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Apple" → Apple satisfies the category "Manufacturers of personal computers" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Apple" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Dell" → Dell satisfies the category "Manufacturers of personal computers" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Dell" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Acer" → Acer satisfies the category "Manufacturers of personal computers" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Acer" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "HP" → HP satisfies the category "Manufacturers of personal computers" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "HP" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Lenovo" → Lenovo satisfies the category "Manufacturers of personal computers" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Lenovo" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Manufacturers of personal computers" passes the five-sample test: "Apple", "Dell", "Acer", "HP", and "Lenovo" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Apple", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Apple" and "Dell" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Acer"), "Manufacturers of personal computers" should explain all three without bending meanings. "HP" strengthens "Manufacturers of personal computers" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Lenovo") confirms "Manufacturers of personal computers" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked.
Pattern
The clues look unrelated on the surface but share one precise category. Read all five before guessing — the link should feel natural on every row.
Learn more in Pinpoint Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
All five samples map to "Manufacturers of personal computers" using the same rule. Category match puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #804 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Apple", "Dell", "Acer", "HP", and "Lenovo". Surface diversity is deliberate; the category is the hidden constant.
When you see category match phrasing in the answer, look for concrete members in the clue list — not abstract traits. That heuristic would have surfaced "Manufacturers of personal computers" faster on this board.
Practice
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Apple, Dell, Acer, HP, and Lenovo. The answer is Manufacturers of personal computers. The clues look unrelated on the surface but share one precise category. Read all five before guessing — the link should feel natural on every row. With only "Apple", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Apple" and "Dell" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Acer"), "Manufacturers of personal computers" should explain all three without bending meanings. "HP" strengthens "Manufacturers of personal computers" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Lenovo") confirms "Manufacturers of personal computers" — 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.