Pinpoint Answer Today #872
Saturday, September 19, 2026. The clue pattern, progressive hints, and a full explanation of why the answer fits.
Clues
Example clues generated by AI from the confirmed answer — the original game clue words are not part of the daily archive.
Hints
Answer
Five words that commonly precede 'source' to make familiar phrases.
Explanation
Five words that commonly precede 'source' to make familiar phrases.
Each clue is the first word of a common phrase that ends with "source", such as "source code" or "source file\). The shared label "Words that come before "source"" captures this relationship.
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code
"code" forms "source code", a standard phrase -
file
"file" forms "source file", a common expression -
link
"link" forms "source link", used for URLs -
data
"data" forms "source data", a typical data term -
text
"text" forms "source text", a usual phrase
How to solve this answer
Words Before
Each clue can sit in front of the answer to make a familiar word or phrase. The answer is the shared second part.
Playing, Greeting, and Report all come before Card. The answer is Card: playing card, greeting card, report card.
Medium
Clues need a second look or a shift in angle. The link is fair, but the first reading of one or two clues usually misleads.
Wordplay
Puzzles that lean on double meanings, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, and the way English words bend. Read each clue twice before you trust the first reading.
Words Before puzzles feel like fill-in-the-blank until the blank stops moving. Try saying your candidate out loud after each clue. If four clues sound natural and the fifth sounds invented, the candidate is wrong.
Most answers here are short and common: card, work, house, light, board. Long or technical answers almost never work in this pattern, so do not force a rare word just because it fits one clever clue.