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Puzzle#1030

Connections

Released: 2026-04-06


7
Models Tested
0
Solved
1.57
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

STAKE, SHARE, CLAIM, CONCERN

Types of things at risk

RAVE, CAROUSER, HOEDOWN, HOP

Types of Parties

HOLES, WICKET, MALLET, OLIVES

Croquet Related Items

EVITE, MOLE, BALL, TIMER

Things that Contain Dots


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

BALL, HOEDOWN, RAVE, HOP

Types of dances

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

Words that follow interest

HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, WICKET

Croquet terms

TIMER, CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES

Words containing ’T’, ’R’, ’E’


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

2/4

BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE

PARTIES OR DANCES

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, WICKET

CROQUET COMPONENTS

CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES, TIMER

COCKTAIL PARTY ELEMENTS


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE, CAROUSER

Types of parties or dances

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

Terms related to ownership or interest

BALL, HOLES, MALLET, WICKET

Cricket or croquet equipment

MOLE, TIMER, EVITE, OLIVES

Unrelated miscellaneous items


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

meta

1/4

HOEDOWN, RAVE, HOP, CAROUSER

Types of parties

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

Words related to interest or investment

BALL, MALLET, WICKET, HOLES

Equipment or features related to the game of croquet

MOLE, OLIVES, TIMER, EVITE

Words that can be related to food, cooking, or invitations


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

2/4

BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE

Types of dances or parties

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

Words that can follow ’stock’

HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, WICKET

Words related to croquet

TIMER, CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES

Words that can follow ’party’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

HOEDOWN, RAVE, HOP, BALL

Types of parties

CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE

Ownership terms

MALLET, WICKET, HOLES, MOLE

Game elements

TIMER, CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES

Miscellaneous


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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