LinkedIn Pinpoint #779 Answer & Analysis

Every clue names a record-holder known for height within its own category, from natural landmarks to living things to human-made structures.

• Angel Falls is widely known as the world’s tallest waterfall, making it a direct fit for a height-based superlative.
• Hyperion is the tallest known living tree, so it matches the same tallest-in-category pattern.
• The giraffe is the tallest land animal, which confirms that the theme extends beyond places and objects into animals.
• Measured from base to peak, Mauna Kea is considered the tallest mountain, even though it is not the highest above sea level.
• Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, giving a clear final confirmation of the shared height-record idea.

Because all five clues are examples of record-setting height in their respective groups, “Things that are the tallest of their kind!” is the precise connection.

This puzzle becomes much easier once you stop grouping the clues by subject and start testing them for a shared superlative.

• Notice that the clues mix a waterfall, a tree, an animal, a mountain, and a skyscraper, so the connection is unlikely to be one field like geography or biology.
• Start with Angel Falls and recall its best-known fact: it is famous for being the world’s tallest waterfall.
• Use Hyperion and giraffe to test whether height is the repeating idea: Hyperion is the tallest known tree, and the giraffe is the tallest land animal.
• Then check the more technical clue, Mauna Kea, where the parenthetical “base to peak” matters because it points to total vertical height rather than elevation above sea level.
• Let Burj Khalifa confirm the pattern, since it is the tallest building and matches the same superlative structure as the earlier clues.
• From there, phrase the connection as a category of things defined by record-setting height within their own kind.

Every clue is famous for being the tallest in its own category.

In LinkedIn Pinpoint 779, the trick is recognizing that the clues come from completely different categories but share the same superlative.

• Angel Falls starts the puzzle in a broad way because it could suggest South America, geography, waterfalls, or natural wonders. The key fact, though, is that Angel Falls is famous above all for being the tallest waterfall in the world, which quietly introduces a height-record pattern.
• Hyperion narrows the search nicely. If you know it is the tallest known redwood, and in fact the tallest known living tree, you can see that the puzzle is not about location or tourism at all. It is about things that rank first in vertical size within their class.
• Giraffe is the strongest early signal because it shifts the clue set into animals. Once a land animal joins a waterfall and a tree, the shared link has to be something abstract. The giraffe being the tallest land animal makes the recurring idea of exceptional height much more obvious.
• Mauna Kea adds an important detail with the phrase “base to peak.” That wording matters because Mauna Kea is not the highest mountain above sea level, but it is often described as the tallest mountain when measured from its underwater base to its summit. That reinforces the exact measurement theme.
• Burj Khalifa gives the cleanest final confirmation because it is universally recognized as the tallest building. By this point, the puzzle has moved through natural landmarks, living organisms, and architecture, all tied together by the same superlative of being tallest in category.

The full clue set—Angel Falls, Hyperion, giraffe, Mauna Kea, and Burj Khalifa—fits one precise idea: Things that are the tallest of their kind!