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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #864 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for September 11, 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
Nicknames for different muscles
This is a category match puzzle — each clue is a member of Nicknames for different muscles, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Traps". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Quads") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Traps", "Quads", "Lats") are enough to propose "Nicknames for different muscles" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Pecs") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Abs (short for abdominals)") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Nicknames for different muscles".
Classification result: "Nicknames for different muscles". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Traps" → Traps satisfies the category "Nicknames for different muscles" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Traps" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Quads" → Quads satisfies the category "Nicknames for different muscles" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Quads" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Lats" → Lats satisfies the category "Nicknames for different muscles" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Lats" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Pecs" → Pecs satisfies the category "Nicknames for different muscles" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Pecs" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Abs (short for abdominals)" → Abs (short for abdominals) satisfies the category "Nicknames for different muscles" in the same straightforward way as the other rows.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Abs (short for abdominals)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Nicknames for different muscles" passes the five-sample test: "Traps", "Quads", "Lats", "Pecs", and "Abs (short for abdominals)" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Traps", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Traps" and "Quads" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Lats"), "Nicknames for different muscles" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Pecs" strengthens "Nicknames for different muscles" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Abs (short for abdominals)") confirms "Nicknames for different muscles" — 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 "Nicknames for different muscles" using the same rule. Category match puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #864 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Traps", "Quads", "Lats", "Pecs", and "Abs (short for abdominals)". 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 "Nicknames for different muscles" faster on this board.
Practice
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Traps, Quads, Lats, Pecs, and Abs (short for abdominals). The answer is Nicknames for different muscles. 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 "Traps", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Traps" and "Quads" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Lats"), "Nicknames for different muscles" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Pecs" strengthens "Nicknames for different muscles" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Abs (short for abdominals)") confirms "Nicknames for different muscles" — 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.