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Pinpoint Answer Today asks: what links New York City, Beehives, Playing cards, Chess sets, and LinkedIn Games - 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.
New York City Beehives Playing cards Chess sets - What connects New York City, Beehives, Playing cards, Chess sets?
LinkedIn Pinpoint #558 Answer:
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Today’s LinkedIn Pinpoint #558 starts with a few heavy hitters: New York City and Beehives. My mind immediately jumped to ‘Things with boroughs’ or perhaps ‘famous five-pointed structures,’ a plausible but quickly fading theory. The puzzle then throws Playing cards and Chess sets into the mix, which completely derails any geographical or architectural ideas. It’s clear the connection is something far more specific, hiding in plain sight within the words themselves.
| Clue Word | Example Phrase | Connection Explained |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | “Queens Borough” | Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City, signifying its geographical and administrative importance. |
| Beehives | “Beehives contain queen bees” | In a beehive, the queen bee is the central reproductive figure, essential for the colony's survival and structure. |
| Playing cards | “Queen of Hearts” | The Queen of Hearts is one of the four queens in a standard deck of playing cards, representing a specific suit. |
| Chess sets | “Queen's Gambit” | The Queen's Gambit is a popular chess opening that involves the strategic use of the queen piece, emphasizing its importance in chess sets. |
| LinkedIn Games | “Queens Gambit” | The Queens Gambit is a popular chess opening, and the game of chess is often associated with LinkedIn Games, highlighting strategic thinking and competition. |
Once the answer was revealed, everything made perfect sense. Here's how each clue connects:
Don't overthink the first clues
The first clues, like ‘New York City’ and ‘Beehives,’ can lead you down complex, abstract paths about structure or geography. This puzzle teaches you to hold that initial theory lightly and be ready to abandon it when a simpler pattern emerges.
Search for a literal word in common
If your category-based theory is failing, perform a quick mental scan of the clue words. Look for a short, common word like ‘King,’ ‘Bar,’ or in this case, ‘Queens’ that appears as a component. The connector is often this simple, hiding in the words themselves.
Let the outliers guide you
Pay attention to clues that seem to break your pattern. The clue ‘Chess sets’ was the key for me; it made me realize my ‘distinct groups’ theory was flawed and forced me to re-examine the clues from a completely different, more literal angle.
The connector is “Things that contain ‘Queens'”. For example, New York City contains the borough of Queens, and a deck of playing cards contains the Queen card.
While some clues fit, like NYC with its boroughs or a card deck with its suits, it doesn’t work for all five. Chess sets and LinkedIn Games do not fit this description, so a valid connector must apply to every clue on the board.
No, because while a chess set has a rook and NYC has a neighborhood (The Roxy) that sounds similar, the other clues like beehives and playing cards do not have a direct connection to the word ‘Rook’.
If you have a theory that seems to fit the first 2-3 clues, immediately test it against the remaining ones. If it breaks, pivot to a word-search approach, looking for common prefixes, suffixes, or a small shared word within the clue text itself.
