2026-07-23
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Puzzle guide
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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #814 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for July 23, 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 rise
This is a named set puzzle — each clue is a member of Things that rise, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Dough". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Tides") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Dough", "Tides", "Steam (from a kettle)") are enough to propose "Things that rise" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("The Phoenix (from the ashes)") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("The Sun (in the east)") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Things that rise".
Classification result: "Things that rise". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Dough" → Dough is a clear, everyday example of things that rise — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Dough" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Tides" → Tides is a clear, everyday example of things that rise — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Tides" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Steam (from a kettle)" → Steam (from a kettle) is a clear, everyday example of things that rise — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Steam (from a kettle)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "The Phoenix (from the ashes)" → The Phoenix (from the ashes) is a clear, everyday example of things that rise — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "The Phoenix (from the ashes)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "The Sun (in the east)" → The Sun (in the east) is a clear, everyday example of things that rise — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "The Sun (in the east)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Things that rise" passes the five-sample test: "Dough", "Tides", "Steam (from a kettle)", "The Phoenix (from the ashes)", and "The Sun (in the east)" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Dough", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Dough" and "Tides" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Steam (from a kettle)"), "Things that rise" should explain all three without bending meanings. "The Phoenix (from the ashes)" strengthens "Things that rise" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("The Sun (in the east)") confirms "Things that rise" — 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 rise" using the same rule. Named set puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #814 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Dough", "Tides", "Steam (from a kettle)", "The Phoenix (from the ashes)", and "The Sun (in the east)". 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 rise" faster on this board.
Practice
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Dough, Tides, Steam (from a kettle), The Phoenix (from the ashes), and The Sun (in the east). The answer is Things that rise. 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 "Dough", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Dough" and "Tides" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Steam (from a kettle)"), "Things that rise" should explain all three without bending meanings. "The Phoenix (from the ashes)" strengthens "Things that rise" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("The Sun (in the east)") confirms "Things that rise" — 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.