LinkedIn Pinpoint #746Answer & Analysis

Quick read: Familiar phrases and everyday terms built with one shared opening word.

Fast strategy: When the first clues are very open-ended, it is often better to wait for a more specific word before locking in a category.

The answer is Words that come before "cut". Use the table below to check each clue, then skim the compact FAQ for the quickest path to the connection.

Some Pinpoint days are slow burns.

This one? It snapped into focus almost immediately — but only after I wasted my first guess.

The opening clue was Clear. On its own, that could go in a dozen directions. My brain jumped to action-based categories first. Things that can be cleared? Tables, schedules, debts… It felt plausible. Pinpoint loves functional groupings like that.

So I guessed "Words that can be cleared."

Then came the second clue: Short.

And that's when it happened.

Clear cut. Short cut.

I literally paused and said, "Wait a second."

That pairing felt way too clean to be a coincidence. Both form extremely common phrases with the same second word. And once you see two strong compound-word matches like that, it's usually game over.

I shifted gears immediately and guessed:

Words that come before "cut."

Just like that — solved in two guesses.

After locking in the category, the remaining clues were just confirmations.

Tax → tax cut Director's → director's cut Hair → hair cut

Each one reinforces the same clean pattern. No stretching. No obscure references. Just everyday phrases.

That's what made this puzzle satisfying. It wasn't tricky — it was elegant.

Words that come before "cut"