LinkedIn Pinpoint #872Answer & 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 “source”. Use the table below to check each clue, then skim the compact FAQ for the quickest path to the connection.

Pinpoint 872 gave me almost nothing to work with at first.

My brain immediately split into a few lanes: energy stuff, strength vibes, maybe electricity, or the classic Pinpoint compound-word trap. With only one clue, none of those felt rock-solid. Still, power source kept whispering in the background, and that pattern shows up a lot in these games.

So I took a slightly sideways swing and typed Sources of energy.

Not the clean official wording — the game wanted the tighter compound framing — but close enough that the board unlocked right away. That little “wait, that counted?” moment is always fun.

Once it opened up, everything clicked into place. Open became open source. Reliable became reliable source. Anonymous became anonymous source. And the last clue, Go straight to the, finished the job as the full phrase go straight to the source.

Looking back, my first guess was a little too narrow. It leaned hard on the energy reading of Power. The real category was broader: any word or phrase that naturally sits right before source.

Lucky first try. Clean category. One of those days where the compound instinct pays off immediately.

Words that come before “source”