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Puzzle#1005

Connections

Released: 2026-03-12


7
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.43
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

HOURGLASS, SANDBOX, BUNKER, DESERT

Things made of sand

REFORMER, BARRE, SPIN, STEP

Pilates Moves

METRONOME, SWING, PENDULUM, CUCKOO CLOCK

Things That Keep Time

FROOT LOOPS, WEATHER VANE, WINDSHIELD WIPER, MEXICAN FLAG

Things with rotating parts


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

DESERT, HOURGLASS, SANDBOX, CUCKOO CLOCK

Contains sand or related to sand

METRONOME, PENDULUM, SWING, WINDSHIELD WIPER

Things that swing back and forth

BUNKER, REFORMER, BARRE, STEP

Fitness and exercise equipment

SPIN, FROOT LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG, WEATHER VANE

Things that have colorful designs or colors


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BUNKER, DESERT, HOURGLASS, SANDBOX

THINGS CONTAINING SAND

METRONOME, PENDULUM, SWING, WINDSHIELD WIPER

THINGS THAT OSCILLATE

BARRE, REFORMER, SPIN, STEP

FITNESS CLASSES

CUCKOO CLOCK, FROOT LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG, WEATHER VANE

THINGS WITH BIRDS


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

Failed

HOURGLASS, METRONOME, PENDULUM, WEATHER VANE

Items that oscillate or move back and forth

BUNKER, DESERT, SANDBOX, REFORMER

Types of golf course hazards or features

SWING, SPIN, STEP, CUCKOO CLOCK

Types of dance moves or styles

BARRE, FROOT LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG, WINDSHIELD WIPER

Things that are colorful or vibrant


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

meta

1/4

HOURGLASS, METRONOME, PENDULUM, CUCKOO CLOCK

Timekeeping devices

BARRE, REFORMER, SPIN, STEP

Equipment or classes related to exercise

BUNKER, SANDBOX, DESERT, MEXICAN FLAG

Words related to sand

WINDSHIELD WIPER, WEATHER VANE, SWING, FROOT LOOPS

Words related to rotation or spinning


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

1/4

METRONOME, PENDULUM, CUCKOO CLOCK, HOURGLASS

Items that involve time measurement or ticking

BUNKER, DESERT, SANDBOX, MEXICAN FLAG

Things associated with sand

BARRE, REFORMER, SPIN, STEP

Types of exercise classes

SWING, WINDSHIELD WIPER, FROOT LOOPS, WEATHER VANE

Things that move back and forth


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

1/4

HOURGLASS, METRONOME, PENDULUM, CUCKOO CLOCK

Timekeeping devices

BARRE, REFORMER, SPIN, STEP

Fitness classes

SWING, WINDSHIELD WIPER, WEATHER VANE, BUNKER

Things that swing or oscillate

SANDBOX, DESERT, FROOT LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG

Miscellaneous items


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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