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Puzzle#1003

Connections

Released: 2026-03-10


7
Models Tested
4
Solved
2.71
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

WASH, MASS, PENN, UNC

Abbreviations for States

CUZ, GRAM, MISS, POP

Informal Names for Relatives

TOAST, ROAST, SEAR, BROWN

Cooking Methods

BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK

Types of Punches in Boxing


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

BROWN, DUKE, MASS, PENN

UNIVERSITIES

ROAST, SEAR, TOAST, BOX

COOKING METHODS

CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC

FAMILY NICKNAMES

MISS, WASH, SLUG, SOCK

VERBS


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

BROWN, ROAST, SEAR, TOAST

Methods of cooking or browning

CUZ, UNC, GRAM, POP

Informal family titles

MASS, MISS, PENN, WASH

U.S. state abbreviations

BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK

Actions or moves in fighting or boxing


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK

BOXING TERMS

BROWN, ROAST, SEAR, TOAST

COOKING METHODS

CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC

FAMILY MEMBER NICKNAMES

MASS, MISS, PENN, WASH

STATE ABBREVIATION HOMOPHONES


meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct

meta

Failed

BROWN, DUKE, GRAM, PENN

University names

SEAR, ROAST, TOAST, SLUG

Types of gun or cooking terms

CUZ, UNC, MISS, MASS

Abbreviations for uncle or U.S. state abbreviations

BOX, SOCK, POP, WASH

Types of packaging, clothing, or actions


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BROWN, ROAST, SEAR, TOAST

Cooking methods

CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC

Nicknames for relatives

MASS, MISS, PENN, WASH

Abbreviations of U.S. states

BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK

Words that can follow ’pillow’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

ROAST, SEAR, TOAST, BROWN

Cooking methods

CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC

Family nicknames

MASS, MISS, PENN, WASH

U.S. State abbreviations

BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK

Fighting terms


Methodology Note

Each model receives the same prompt with the 16 words to connect. Models are tasked with creating 4 connections and their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.

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