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Overview
LinkedIn Pinpoint #894 is the LinkedIn Pinpoint daily for October 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
Things that are stacked
This is a named set puzzle — each clue is a member of Things that are stacked, not a loose thematic association.
Analysis
Sample 1 is "Books". In isolation it could belong to multiple categories — the puzzle has not yet told you which lens to use.
Sample 2 ("Plates") must obey the same rule as sample 1 — check for a repeatable pattern, not a one-off link.
Three samples ("Books", "Plates", "Firewood") are enough to propose "Things that are stacked" as the working category.
Sample 4 ("Chairs after a banquet") continues the same classification.
Sample 5 ("Poker chips (in tall columns)") validates the category. All five rows should classify under "Things that are stacked".
Classification result: "Things that are stacked". All five samples belong to this category under the same rule.
Clues
Connection to answer
Sample 1 "Books" → Books is a clear, everyday example of things that are stacked — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Books" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 2.
Connection to answer
Sample 2 "Plates" → Plates is a clear, everyday example of things that are stacked — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Plates" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 3.
Connection to answer
Sample 3 "Firewood" → Firewood is a clear, everyday example of things that are stacked — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Firewood" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 4.
Connection to answer
Sample 4 "Chairs after a banquet" → Chairs after a banquet is a clear, everyday example of things that are stacked — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Chairs after a banquet" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 5.
Connection to answer
Sample 5 "Poker chips (in tall columns)" → Poker chips (in tall columns) is a clear, everyday example of things that are stacked — not a tangential association.
Solving role
Classification check: does "Poker chips (in tall columns)" belong to the same category as the prior samples? If not, revise before reveal 6.
Verification
The category "Things that are stacked" passes the five-sample test: "Books", "Plates", "Firewood", "Chairs after a banquet", and "Poker chips (in tall columns)" all classify correctly. No clue requires a special exception or secondary theory.
Solve path
With only "Books", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Books" and "Plates" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Firewood"), "Things that are stacked" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Chairs after a banquet" strengthens "Things that are stacked" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Poker chips (in tall columns)") confirms "Things that are stacked" — 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 stacked" using the same rule. Named set puzzles like LinkedIn Pinpoint #894 are solved by finding that rule early — ideally before clue 4.
Notice how different the clues look: "Books", "Plates", "Firewood", "Chairs after a banquet", and "Poker chips (in tall columns)". 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 stacked" faster on this board.
Practice
Solution
This puzzle asks you to find the single category linking five clues: Books, Plates, Firewood, Chairs after a banquet, and Poker chips (in tall columns). The answer is Things that are stacked. 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 "Books", many categories could fit. Hold your first guess and watch what clue 2 eliminates. "Books" and "Plates" must share one repeatable link — not a coincidence between two words. By clue 3 ("Firewood"), "Things that are stacked" should explain all three without bending meanings. "Chairs after a banquet" strengthens "Things that are stacked" rather than opening a new theory. The final clue ("Poker chips (in tall columns)") confirms "Things that are stacked" — 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.
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