Date
Read Date as the fruit rather than a calendar event or social meeting. It has flesh around a hard central pit.
Today's Pinpoint clues and answer, without accidental spoilers.
Progressive hints, all five clues, the verified category, and a clue-by-clue explanation for LinkedIn Pinpoint #825.
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#825TODAY'S FIVE CLUES
What narrow category connects every word?
- 01Date
- 02Lychee
- 03Apricot
- 04Peach
- 05Cherry
CONTROL THE SPOILER
Open only as much help as you need.
Start broad, then narrow the category before revealing the verified answer.
01Broad hint
The connection belongs in the produce section, not on a calendar.
02Stronger hint
Focus on the physical feature hidden inside each edible clue.
03Reveal the verified answer
Names of stone fruits (drupes)
Why the answer is Names of stone fruits (drupes)
The opening clue is deliberately ambiguous. Later clues select the fruit meaning and then narrow the answer from all fruit to one botanical structure.
Lychee
Lychee has a fleshy edible layer around one hard seed and points strongly toward a fruit connection.
Apricot
Apricot is a classic stone fruit, narrowing the shared category beyond the broad answer fruit.
Peach
Peach is one of the most familiar drupes, with a large textured stone in the center.
Cherry
Cherry confirms the same structure on a smaller scale: soft fruit around a single hard pit.
Delay the first guess and search for the narrowest shared trait.
Date supports several meanings. Lychee makes fruit the strongest branch, while Apricot, Peach, and Cherry identify the shared hard central stone. Keeping alternate meanings open for one extra clue is often faster than committing early.
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