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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #844 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for August 22, 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 ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)
This is a category match puzzle — each clue is a member of Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one), not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Crushing ice". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Removing nails") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Crushing ice", "Removing nails", "Tenderizing meat") are enough to propose "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Shaping metal (over an anvil)") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Chiseling stone (hit with this)") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)".
Classification result: "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Crushing ice" → Crushing ice satisfies the category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Crushing ice" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Removing nails" → Removing nails satisfies the category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Removing nails" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Tenderizing meat" → Tenderizing meat satisfies the category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Tenderizing meat" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Shaping metal (over an anvil)" → Shaping metal (over an anvil) satisfies the category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Shaping metal (over an anvil)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Chiseling stone (hit with this)" → Chiseling stone (hit with this) satisfies the category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Chiseling stone (hit with this)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" passes the five-sample test: "Crushing ice", "Removing nails", "Tenderizing meat", "Shaping metal (over an anvil)", and "Chiseling stone (hit with this)" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Crushing ice", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Crushing ice" and "Removing nails" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Tenderizing meat"), "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Shaping metal (over an anvil)" strengthens "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Chiseling stone (hit with this)") confirms "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" — 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 "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" using the same rule. Category match puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #844 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Crushing ice", "Removing nails", "Tenderizing meat", "Shaping metal (over an anvil)", and "Chiseling stone (hit with this)". 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 "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" faster on this board.
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Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Crushing ice, Removing nails, Tenderizing meat, Shaping metal (over an anvil), and Chiseling stone (hit with this). The answer is Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one). 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 "Crushing ice", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Crushing ice" and "Removing nails" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Tenderizing meat"), "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Shaping metal (over an anvil)" strengthens "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Chiseling stone (hit with this)") confirms "Different ways to use a hammer (besides the most common one)" — 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.