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Puzzle#1004

Connections

Released: 2026-03-11


7
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.14
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

Failed

PINE, YEW, SPRUCE, PALM

Types of trees

OUI, HEE, MI, JAZZ

Sounds Like "We, He, Me, Jazz"

TRAFFIC, SNOW, DRESS, ICE CREAM

Things that cause a cone

LIFT, SPIFF, POCKET, PINCH

Ways to steal


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

2/4

LIFT, PINCH, PINE, POCKET

SOMETHING WITH SALT

DRESS, JAZZ, SPIFF, SPRUCE

UP WORDS (DRESS UP, JAZZ UP, ETC.)

HEE, MI, OUI, YEW

HOMOPHONES OF LETTERS/WORDS

ICE CREAM, PALM, SNOW, TRAFFIC

CONES


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

Failed

JAZZ, PALM, SNOW, TRAFFIC

Types of dances

PINE, YEW, SPRUCE, PINCH

Types of trees

LIFT, DRESS, POCKET, SPIFF

Words that can follow ’SHOP’ to make a compound word

ICE CREAM, HEE, MI, OUI

Words that can follow ’ICE’ to make a compound word or phrase


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

DRESS, JAZZ, SPIFF, SPRUCE

Words meaning to dress up or make stylish

ICE CREAM, PINE, SNOW, TRAFFIC

Types of cones

LIFT, PALM, PINCH, POCKET

Words that can follow ’palm’

HEE, MI, OUI, YEW

Hee, Mi, Oui, Yew sound like letters (E, M, W, U)


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

meta

Failed

PALM, POCKET, SPRUCE, PINE

Types of trees

LIFT, SPIFF, DRESS, TRAFFIC

Types of tickets or fines

JAZZ, HEE, MI, OUI

French-related words

PINCH, ICE CREAM, SNOW, YEW

Words related to cold or winter


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

Failed

PALM, PINE, SPRUCE, YEW

Trees

LIFT, PINCH, DRESS, SPIFF

Ways to enhance appearance

HEE, MI, OUI, JAZZ

Interjections

ICE CREAM, SNOW, TRAFFIC, POCKET

Things that can be jammed


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

LIFT, POCKET, PALM, PINCH

Types of actions or gestures

DRESS, SPIFF, SPRUCE, JAZZ

Words associated with making something neat or stylish

ICE CREAM, SNOW, PINE, YEW

Things associated with winter or cold

TRAFFIC, HEE, MI, OUI

Homophonous or similar sounding words


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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