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Puzzle#1033

Connections

Released: 2026-04-09


7
Models Tested
5
Solved
3.29
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

CREAM, PASTE, BALM, RUB

Soothing Topical Substances

ARCHER, GOAT, RAM, YOKE

Zodiac Signs

DARK, DOWN, LOW, BLUE

Words that can describe moods

RIP, SHRED, FISH, JACK

Words with tool names inside


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

Types of topical ointments

ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM

Zodiac signs

BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW

Terms related to feeling sad

JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE

Words associated with breaking or separating


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW

MOODS

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

SKIN TREATMENTS

ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM

ZODIAC SIGNS

JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE

VERBS THAT CAN MEAN TEAR


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

meta

4/4

BLUE, DARK, LOW, DOWN

Types of mood or feeling

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

Types of topical applications

ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM

Symbols of the zodiac

JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE

Words associated with tearing or removing


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

BLUE, FISH, GOAT, JACK

Types of Cheese

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

Topical Applications

ARCHER, RAM, RIP, SHRED

Names of Professional Wrestlers

DARK, DOWN, LOW, YOKE

Words that can follow ’egg’


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW

Words associated with feeling depressed

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

Types of ointments or applications

ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM

Words that can follow ’bow’

JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE

Words that can follow ’card’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB

Topical treatments

ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM

Zodiac symbols

BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW

Negative moods

JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE

Action verbs


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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