LinkedIn Games: every daily puzzle, how each one works, and today's answers

Today's LinkedIn Games answers

The eight games at a glance

LinkedIn launched Games in May 2024 with three titles and has added one every few months since. The current line-up, in order of launch:

When LinkedIn games reset

All eight roll over at the same moment: midnight Pacific time (3 AM Eastern, 8 AM London, 5 PM Sydney the same calendar day, give or take daylight saving). That is later than the New York Times games, which change at midnight Eastern, and it is why a European player sees the new LinkedIn puzzles in the morning while the Times puzzles arrived overnight.

Each puzzle carries a number that increments daily — Pinpoint, Crossclimb and Queens share the same number because they launched together (#855 on 3 September 2026); the later games have lower counts. HintSheet's answer pages show the number alongside the date because people search both ways.

Scoring, streaks and the leaderboard

Scoring differs by game. Pinpoint counts how many clues you needed — fewer is better. Everything else is timed from the first tap, and your time is your score. There are no points, no levels and no rewards beyond the share card.

Streaks count consecutive days *played*, not won, and every game keeps its own. LinkedIn gives one streak freeze at a time, which covers a single missed day automatically; it recharges after a week of play. Miss two days and the streak resets.

The leaderboard is the social layer that makes these games different from Wordle. After you've played a game on two separate days, LinkedIn shows how your result compares with first-degree connections who have opted in — and only those. Your times are visible to them; theirs to you. You can opt out in Settings without losing your streak.

Sharing posts a small results card to your feed or sends it in a message. The card shows the game number and your result, never the answer, so sharing doesn't spoil anyone.

How HintSheet publishes LinkedIn answers

Every puzzle is read from the game as it goes live and published here within minutes of the Pacific-midnight reset. The solution is rendered from the puzzle's own data — the Queens board with its regions and crowns, the Tango grid with its signs, the Zip path drawn over the numbers — rather than typed out, so it is exact. Pinpoint and Crossclimb answers list every clue in order with an explanation of why each fits.

Answers are cross-checked against a second source before they go up, and every page shows the puzzle number and date. If you see a mismatch — it happens perhaps once a month, usually when LinkedIn corrects a puzzle mid-morning — the contact page reaches a human who will fix it the same day.

Which LinkedIn game to start with

If you've never played any of them: Pinpoint takes a minute and teaches you nothing you'll need elsewhere, so it's the gentlest introduction. Queens is the one people get hooked on; it has the most satisfying logic and the deepest strategy, which is why its guide on this site is the longest. Tango is Queens' sibling and rewards the same habits. Zip is quick and visual. Crossclimb is the odd one out — half trivia, half sorting — and the one most likely to be abandoned by people who dislike being timed on general knowledge.

Patches and Wend are the newest and the least documented anywhere; if they click for you, you're early. Their guides here will grow as the puzzles do.

Playing on desktop versus the app

The games are identical on the LinkedIn app and on the web, and your streaks sync. The app is better for Zip (drawing the path with a finger is faster than a mouse) and for Queens on large boards. The web is better for Crossclimb and Mini Sudoku, where typing beats tapping. Pinpoint doesn't care. All of them require a LinkedIn account — there is no logged-out play — which is the main reason answer sites exist: people want to check a solution without opening the app.

A small accessibility note that LinkedIn doesn't advertise: every board supports keyboard navigation on desktop, and the games announce cell states to screen readers. Queens and Tango are fully playable without a mouse.

A note on the games' future

LinkedIn has said publicly that Games exists to bring people back to the site daily, and the growth numbers suggest it's working. It has added a game roughly every four to six months, and the newer ones (Patches, Wend) suggest a shift toward original mechanics rather than familiar formats. Games have also been retired before on other platforms, so this site covers all eight rather than betting on one; if a game is discontinued, its archive stays here.

Streak strategy across eight games

Keeping eight streaks alive is a different problem from playing eight games well. The people who manage it treat the reset as an appointment: the games roll at midnight Pacific, and playing all eight takes fifteen to twenty minutes, so a fixed slot — morning coffee in Europe, lunch in Asia, evening in the Americas — is the whole method. Streak freezes cover one miss per game per week, and they recharge independently, so a travel day costs nothing if you've been consistent.

If you can only play some, the streaks that matter socially are Queens and Pinpoint — the two most-played, and therefore the two your connections are most likely to compare. The rest are for you.

Reader questions about LinkedIn games

"Can I play yesterday's puzzle?" Not in the app. The answer pages here list every past puzzle.

"Why does my connection have a different puzzle number?" They're in a different time zone and one of you has crossed the Pacific-midnight reset.

"Do the games work in the LinkedIn Lite app?" Games are in the main app and on the web; Lite doesn't include them.

"Is there an API or a way to export results?" No public API. The share card is the only export.

Glossary

Terms used across the eight guides.

• Reset — midnight Pacific, when all eight puzzles change.
• Streak — consecutive days played per game.
• Streak freeze — an automatic pass for one missed day; recharges weekly.
• Leaderboard — comparison with opted-in first-degree connections.
• Results card — the shareable summary; never shows the answer.
• Tutorial puzzle — the simplified first puzzle a new player sees for each game.

Which games share a puzzle number

Pinpoint, Crossclimb and Queens launched together in May 2024 and share a number (#855 on 3 September 2026). Tango started counting in October 2024 (#695). Zip started in March 2025 (#534). Mini Sudoku (#387), Patches (#169) and Wend (#86) count from their own launches. The numbers appear on every results card and on every HintSheet answer page, and they're the reliable way to compare notes with someone in another time zone.

Reader questions, third round

"Can I play the games in a browser without the app?" Yes — linkedin.com/games works on desktop and mobile browsers.

"Do results share to my feed automatically?" No; sharing is a button you choose.

"Is there a way to hide my scores from connections?" Yes, in each game's settings; your streak is unaffected.

Accessibility and keyboard play

Every LinkedIn game announces cell states to screen readers and supports keyboard navigation on desktop: arrow keys move the selection in Queens, Tango, Zip and Mini Sudoku; Enter or Space acts on a cell; Tab moves between Crossclimb's rung inputs. Zip's path can be drawn entirely with the arrows. Wend and Patches support keyboard tile and cell selection as well. LinkedIn's help pages document the controls per game, and the results cards are readable as text. HintSheet's answer pages are built to the same standard — the rendered boards carry text descriptions, and every reveal control is a real button.

Every LinkedIn Games guide on HintSheet

• LinkedIn Pinpoint: how the game works, how to win in two clues, and today's answer — LinkedIn Pinpoint explained: how the five-clue category game works, how scoring rewards early guesses, the patterns categories follow, and where to find today's Pinpoint answer.
• LinkedIn Crossclimb: the word-ladder rules, why the order is the puzzle, and today's ladder — LinkedIn Crossclimb explained: solve the rung clues, order them so each word changes one letter from the last, then unlock the top and bottom. Strategy for the ordering step and where to find today's Crossclimb answer.
• LinkedIn Queens: the rules, the four deductions that solve any board, and today's solution — LinkedIn Queens explained: one crown per row, column and colour region, no touching. The four deductions that solve every board without guessing, common board shapes, and today's Queens solution rendered as a grid.
• LinkedIn Tango: suns, moons, the three-in-a-row rule, and how the = and × signs solve the board — LinkedIn Tango explained: fill the 6×6 with suns and moons, three of each per line, never three in a row, and obey the = and × signs. The deductions in order, the traps, and today's Tango solution drawn as a grid.
• LinkedIn Zip game: one path, every cell, numbers in order — the rules and the way to think about it — LinkedIn Zip game explained: draw one path through every cell, hitting the numbers in order and respecting walls. How to read a Zip board, the pocket rule, why the last number is the first thing to look at, and today's solution.
• Mini Sudoku on LinkedIn: the 6×6 rules, the three techniques that finish it, and today's grid — Mini Sudoku on LinkedIn explained: six rows, six columns, six 2×3 boxes, digits 1–6. The three techniques that solve every board, the difference from full sudoku, and today's completed grid.
• LinkedIn Patches: squares, tall and wide rectangles, and the counting that fills the grid — LinkedIn Patches explained: divide the grid into squares, tall rectangles and wide rectangles so each clue cell's shape and size are satisfied and every cell is covered. The counting method, the traps, and today's Patches solution.
• LinkedIn Wend: eighteen tiles, four hidden words, every letter used once — how to play and today's answer — LinkedIn Wend explained: find four hidden words of 3, 4, 5 and 6 letters from eighteen letter tiles, using every tile exactly once. How to read the tiles, the order to solve in, and today's Wend answer.

Other pillars: NYT Games · Dle Games. Or go back to today's puzzle answers across every game.

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