Things You Eat
Fish and Drum (as in drumsticks) strongly suggest a food-based theme. However, this theory completely breaks down with Lip, Chop (as a verb), and Selfie, which are not food items.
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Pinpoint Answer Today asks: what links Fish, Drum, Lip, Chop, and Selfie â and what story do they share? Follow the spoiler-safe hints one by one, then reveal the final connection and see how each clue fits together.
Fish Drum Lip Chop â What connects Fish, Drum, Lip, Chop?
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Todayâs Pinpoint puzzle starts with a seemingly straightforward pair: Fish and Drum. My mind immediately jumped to types of food or activitiesâfish drumsticks, drum fish. It felt like a strong, if simple, thematic link. But then the third clue, Lip, shattered that foodie theory, while Chop sent me scrambling for a new pattern. It became clear the connection wasnât about what these things *are*, but about what they could *be* part of, pointing toward a structural relationship hiding in plain sight.
Every clue in this setâFish, Drum, Lip, Chop, and Selfieâultimately circles back to Words that come before âstickâ. Fish sparks the pattern, Lip reinforces it, and Selfie locks the shared idea in place once you view them through that lens.
Things You Eat
Fish and Drum (as in drumsticks) strongly suggest a food-based theme. However, this theory completely breaks down with Lip, Chop (as a verb), and Selfie, which are not food items.
Words That Are Also Nouns and Verbs
This feels plausible at first, as you can fish, drum, chop, and even lip (in the context of music or containers). But Selfie is primarily a noun, and the puzzle requires a connection that works for every clue.
Parts of a Body or Animal
This idea is tempting because of Fish, Drum (as in chicken leg), Lip, and Chop (a cut of meat). The theory stumbles when it reaches Selfie, which has no physical body part association, fitting only one of the five clues.
| Word | Origin | In Context (Usage) | Meaning & Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | â | âFishstickâ | A common food product, demonstrating that 'fish' can directly precede 'stick' to form a well-known compound word. |
| Drum | â | âDrumstickâ | This clue works perfectly, referring to either a tool for playing a percussion instrument or a popular piece of poultry. |
| Lip | â | âLipstickâ | A ubiquitous cosmetic item. The pairing of 'lip' and 'stick' is an undeniable and common term. |
| Chop | â | âChopstickâ | This clue unlocks the puzzle for many players, as 'chopstick' is a very direct and familiar example of the pattern. |
| Selfie | â | âSelfiestickâ | A modern photographic accessory. This term confirms the pattern holds even with recent, tech-based vocabulary. |
Don't get locked into a category
My first instinct was to group the clues by what they are (food, body parts). Todayâs puzzle was a great reminder to stop forcing clues into a semantic category and instead look for a structural relationship, like a word they combine with.
Let the odd clue guide you
When a clue like Chop or Selfie seems to break your initial theory, don't discard it. Treat it as the most important clue. It's often an outlier that reveals the true nature of the pattern you're looking for.
Play with word order
The solution here wasn't about synonyms or categories, but about direct wordplay. If your theory feels stuck, try putting a common word before or after each clue to see if it makes a recognizable phrase.
The five clues are all words that come before "stick" to form a common compound word, such as Fishstick or Drumstick.
While Fish, Drum (chicken leg), Lip, and Chop can refer to animal parts, the clue Selfie has no connection to an animal or its body, so the theme fails on one of the five clues.
Pogo would fit the connector perfectly, forming the word 'Pogostick'. This would have been a great clue for the same theme.
If your initial category theory breaks, immediately look for a simple linguistic pattern. Try pairing each clue with a common, short word like 'man', 'stick', 'water', or 'house' to see if a consistent pattern emerges.