LinkedIn Pinpoint #774 Answer & Analysis

Every clue points to something that either fully blocks sunlight or noticeably stops it from reaching a person, room, or surface.

• Clouds can cover the sun and keep its light from reaching the ground directly, making them a natural example of something that blocks sunlight.
• A parasol is specifically used to shield someone from the sun, so it fits the category very directly.
• Tinted glass filters and reduces incoming sunlight, making it another clear example of something that blocks or limits solar light.
• Dark curtains are used indoors to keep sunlight out of a room, often blocking a large amount of daylight.
• During a solar eclipse, the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun, literally blocking sunlight from reaching part of Earth.

Taken together, the clues describe natural objects, household items, and astronomical events that all share the same function: they are things that block sunlight.

The best path for this puzzle is to focus on the common effect of the clues, not their physical form. They do not belong to one object type, but they all affect sunlight in the same way.

• Start with Clouds and ask what they do in relation to the sun. A strong idea is that they cover or dim sunlight.
• Use Parasols to narrow the pattern. Unlike clouds, a parasol is intentionally used to create shade from the sun.
• Let Tinted glass confirm that the link is about sunlight being reduced or kept out, not just general covering.
• Check Dark curtains as an indoor version of the same effect: they block sunlight from entering a room.
• Use The Moon during some eclipses as the final test. In a solar eclipse, the Moon physically blocks the Sun from view.
• Once all five clues point to the same function, the category becomes Things that block sunlight!

Every clue shares the same functional trait: it prevents sunlight from passing through directly or reaching someone fully.

This puzzle becomes clear once you stop grouping the clues by object type and instead focus on their shared effect on sunlight.

• The first clue, Clouds, opens the field pretty broadly. Clouds can mean weather, sky, water vapor, or even mood in some puzzles. Here, though, the most useful property is that clouds cover the sun and reduce direct daylight, which points toward a light-blocking function rather than a purely visual category.
• Parasols makes the pattern more specific. A parasol is not just an object you carry outside; it has a clear purpose, which is shielding someone from the sun. Once that clue appears after Clouds, the puzzle starts to look less like “things in the sky or outdoors” and more like “things that keep sunlight off you.”
• Tinted glass is the real turning point in LinkedIn Pinpoint 774. Unlike clouds or parasols, it is neither weather nor a portable shade item. What it does share is the ability to reduce incoming sunlight. That confirms the connection is functional: the clues are about blocking, filtering, or limiting sunlight.
• Dark curtains strengthen that reading because they are a classic way to keep sunlight out of a room. Then the final clue, the Moon during some eclipses, locks everything in place. In a solar eclipse, the Moon physically moves between Earth and the Sun, making it the most literal sunlight blocker in the set.
• Looking back at the full clue set—Clouds, Parasols, Tinted glass, Dark curtains, and The Moon during some eclipses—the cleanest shared category is Things that block sunlight! Some clues block it completely, while others reduce or shield against it, but all five clearly fit that final answer better than any broader alternative.

The puzzle is solved by spotting a shared function: every clue blocks, filters, or shields against sunlight.