LinkedIn Pinpoint #919 Hints & Answer: Cold & Age
Pinpoint #919 opens with Cold, Age, and Mason. Compare all five clues below, then reveal the category and its connections.
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Need a hint first?
Reveal one hint at a time.
Hint 1 — a direction to explore
Try adding the same short prefix in front of every clue to make a familiar expression.
Hint 2 — narrow the relationship
The completed results include an era name, a job title, and a world-famous landmark.
Hint 3 — one more nudge
One completion is an idiom for “very close by,” and another is a common intensifier paired with “cold.”
First two clues: possible connections
Cold could point toward temperature (chilled, frigid), illness (a common cold), or a personality that seems unfeeling. Age could mean a person’s years, a legal threshold, or a historical era, so these two clues alone don’t uniquely determine the theme and allow multiple plausible routes.
Reveal answer & analysis
Each clue is completed by adding the same word to the front, creating familiar phrases that range from idioms to a famous landmark.
5 Clues
- Clue 1Cold
- Clue 2Age
- Clue 3Mason
- Clue 4Henge
- Clue 5’s throw away
Why this answer fits
All five clues become standard English expressions when the same prefix is attached, but they split across types: idioms, a job title, and a proper noun. “Cold” is especially ambiguous on its own (temperature, illness, personality), so confirmation comes from seeing the same completion work cleanly for “Age,” “Henge,” and the idiomatic distance phrase.
Solving path for Pinpoint #919
- Initial reading: Treat this as a front-attachment puzzle: look for a single word that can be placed before Cold and Age to form common, recognizable expressions, noting that both clues have multiple senses.
- Testing the connection: Check the same candidate against Mason and Henge: it should yield a standard job title and a well-known proper name without adding extra words.
- Final check: Verify the final clue ’s throw away becomes a clean, established idiom with that exact prefix, confirming the shared connector works for all five.
Clue-by-clue explanation
| Clue | Meaning in this puzzle | Connection & role in the solve |
|---|---|---|
| Cold | stone coldExtremely cold, or figuratively devoid of warmth or emotion, as in a drink that is stone cold. | Cold becomes “stone cold,” a fixed intensifier phrase formed by placing stone directly before the clue word Cold. |
| Age | Stone AgeA prehistoric period commonly characterized by widespread use of tools made from stone rather than metal. | Age becomes “Stone Age,” a named prehistoric era created by simply prepending stone to the clue Age. |
| Mason | stone masonA craftsperson who cuts, shapes, or assembles stone for building, paving, or architectural work. | Mason becomes “stone mason,” a straightforward compound noun built by putting stone before the clue Mason. |
| Henge | StonehengeA well-known prehistoric monument in England consisting of large standing stones arranged in a circle-like formation. | Henge becomes “Stonehenge,” a proper noun formed by attaching stone to the front of the clue Henge in the familiar name. |
| ’s throw away | stone's throw awayVery nearby in distance, close enough to be reached with minimal travel or effort. | ’s throw away becomes “stone’s throw away,” an idiom made by inserting stone immediately before the clue ’s throw away. |
One lesson to use next time
In phrase-completion puzzles like this, test a candidate prefix across mixed clue types (idiom, proper noun, occupation) to confirm it’s a naming pattern, not a single-topic category.
Questions about Pinpoint #919
What do Cold, Age, and Mason have in common? (answer spoiler)
The shared category is Terms that come after “stone”.
All five clues become standard English expressions when the same prefix is attached, but they split across types: idioms, a job title, and a proper noun. “Cold” is especially ambiguous on its own (temperature, illness, personality), so confirmation comes from seeing the same completion work cleanly for “Age,” “Henge,” and the idiomatic distance phrase.
What does “Cold” mean in this puzzle? (answer spoiler)
stone cold: Extremely cold, or figuratively devoid of warmth or emotion, as in a drink that is stone cold. Cold becomes “stone cold,” a fixed intensifier phrase formed by placing stone directly before the clue word Cold.
What does “Age” mean in this puzzle? (answer spoiler)
Stone Age: A prehistoric period commonly characterized by widespread use of tools made from stone rather than metal. Age becomes “Stone Age,” a named prehistoric era created by simply prepending stone to the clue Age.
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