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Full breakdown using the Case file format — answer, clue-by-clue analysis, and strategy notes.
Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #822 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for July 31, 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
Words that come before “price”
This is a phrase pattern (before) puzzle — each clue is a member of Words that come before “price”, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
"Fair" is clue one on the case file — interesting on its own, but not enough to name the category yet. Smart solvers treat it as evidence, not proof.
The second witness is "Asking". Two clues with one clean rule beats a clever story that only fits one row.
"Market" is usually where the pattern becomes visible — "Fair", "Asking", "Market" should now suggest one category above all others.
"Sale" corroborates the same category — no new theory required.
Final evidence: "Name your". If "Words that come before “price”" explains the full lineup, the case is closed.
The file closes with category "Words that come before “price”". "Fair", "Asking", "Market", "Sale", and "Name your" are not random trivia; they are five exhibits for the same label.
Clues
Connection to answer
Exhibit "Fair": Fair pairs with a shared trailing word named in the category.
Solving role
Initial evidence — treat "Fair" as circumstantial until clue 2 arrives.
Connection to answer
Exhibit "Asking": Asking pairs with a shared trailing word named in the category.
Solving role
Second witness — "Asking" tests the leading category hypothesis.
Connection to answer
Exhibit "Market": Market pairs with a shared trailing word named in the category.
Solving role
Breakthrough — "Market" supports the leading category hypothesis.
Connection to answer
Exhibit "Sale": Sale pairs with a shared trailing word named in the category.
Solving role
Corroboration — "Sale" supports the leading category hypothesis.
Connection to answer
Exhibit "Name your": Name your pairs with a shared trailing word named in the category.
Solving role
Case closed — "Name your" supports the leading category hypothesis.
Verification
"Words that come before “price”" is the only category that accounts for all five exhibits: "Fair", "Asking", "Market", "Sale", and "Name your". The puzzle designers chose varied surface forms on purpose — the skill is finding the one label that classifies every row.
Solve path
With only "Fair", several phrase patterns could apply. Wait for a second clue before committing to a category. "Fair" and "Asking" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Market"), "Words that come before “price”" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Sale" strengthens "Words that come before “price”" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Name your") confirms "Words that come before “price”" — if it still fits naturally, the category is locked.
Pattern
Each clue completes a well-known phrase when followed by the anchor word in the category. Spotting one pair is luck — spotting the same anchor across all five clues is the answer.
Learn more in Pinpoint Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
"Market" is the pivot — before it, multiple categories remain plausible; after it, "Words that come before “price”" leads the suspect list. Clues 4 and 5 ("Sale" and "Name your") act as confirmation, not redirection.
Any category that explained "Fair" but not "Asking" was a false lead. Phrase pattern (before) puzzles punish theories that fit the opening clue but collapse when the sample grows.
This board's signature is phrase pattern (before): five clues, one label ("Words that come before “price”"). File that pattern — the next phrase pattern (before) daily will rhyme with this one.
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Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Fair, Asking, Market, Sale, and Name your. The answer is Words that come before “price”. Each clue completes a well-known phrase when followed by the anchor word in the category. Spotting one pair is luck — spotting the same anchor across all five clues is the answer. With only "Fair", several phrase patterns could apply. Wait for a second clue before committing to a category. "Fair" and "Asking" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Market"), "Words that come before “price”" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Sale" strengthens "Words that come before “price”" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Name your") confirms "Words that come before “price”" — 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.