LinkedIn Pinpoint #765Answer & 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 "flag". Use the table below to check each clue, then skim the compact FAQ for the quickest path to the connection.

Some days, Pinpoint feels obvious. Other days, it humbles you in under 30 seconds.

The first clue was White.

Simple enough… maybe too simple.

My brain immediately split into a few directions:

Colors or shades (which felt way too obvious — classic trap)

Chess pieces (white vs. black)

Or maybe a compound phrase like "___ White" (White House, White noise…)

Based on past games, I've learned that the straightforward category — like "Colors" — is often a decoy. So instead of playing it safe, I went a little niche and guessed "Chess pieces."

And just like that, I was 0 for 1.

The second clue: Pirate.

Now things got interesting.

What connects those two?

I ran through a few shaky ideas:

Types of ships? (Is "White Ship" even a thing people commonly say?)

Things associated with the sea?

Types of something symbolic?

White flag. Pirate flag.

That connection was strong. Not abstract. Not forced. Just… clean.

Once that phrase pattern surfaced, everything aligned instantly.

After the answer revealed itself — Words that come before "flag" — the remaining clues felt almost celebratory.

National → National flag Checkered → Checkered flag Capture the → Capture the flag

That last one sealed it completely. Not just objects — even a full phrase built around the same core word.

This was classic Pinpoint: A misleadingly broad first clue, followed by a second that forces a structural rethink.

The real trick wasn't meaning. It was spotting the shared word pattern.

Words that come before "flag"