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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #859 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for September 6, 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
Things that are composted
This is a named set puzzle — each clue is a member of Things that are composted, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Cardboard". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Leaves") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Cardboard", "Leaves", "Banana peels") are enough to propose "Things that are composted" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Eggshells and egg cartons") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Grass clippings and twigs") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Things that are composted".
Classification result: "Things that are composted". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Cardboard" → Cardboard is a clear, everyday example of things that are composted — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Cardboard" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Leaves" → Leaves is a clear, everyday example of things that are composted — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Leaves" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Banana peels" → Banana peels is a clear, everyday example of things that are composted — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Banana peels" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Eggshells and egg cartons" → Eggshells and egg cartons is a clear, everyday example of things that are composted — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Eggshells and egg cartons" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Grass clippings and twigs" → Grass clippings and twigs is a clear, everyday example of things that are composted — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Grass clippings and twigs" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Things that are composted" passes the five-sample test: "Cardboard", "Leaves", "Banana peels", "Eggshells and egg cartons", and "Grass clippings and twigs" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Cardboard", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Cardboard" and "Leaves" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Banana peels"), "Things that are composted" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Eggshells and egg cartons" strengthens "Things that are composted" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Grass clippings and twigs") confirms "Things that are composted" — 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 are composted" using the same rule. Named set puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #859 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Cardboard", "Leaves", "Banana peels", "Eggshells and egg cartons", and "Grass clippings and twigs". 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 are composted" faster on this board.
Practice
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Cardboard, Leaves, Banana peels, Eggshells and egg cartons, and Grass clippings and twigs. The answer is Things that are composted. 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 "Cardboard", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Cardboard" and "Leaves" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Banana peels"), "Things that are composted" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Eggshells and egg cartons" strengthens "Things that are composted" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Grass clippings and twigs") confirms "Things that are composted" — 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.