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Puzzle#1039

Connections

Released: 2026-04-15


7
Models Tested
6
Solved
3.57
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

4/4

GRIND, CHORE, HASSLE, TRIAL

Unpleasant Task

CAP, DIPLOMA, GOWN, TASSEL

Graduation Items

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

Lacking Depth

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

Chess Pieces


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

CAP, GOWN, TASSEL, DIPLOMA

Graduation items

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

Tedious tasks

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

Something superficial or lacking depth

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

Things related to monarchy or nobility


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

CAP, GOWN, DIPLOMA, TASSEL

Graduation Items

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

Things that can be a pain

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

Words that can mean superficial

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

Chess Pieces


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

CAP, DIPLOMA, GOWN, TASSEL

GRADUATION ITEMS

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

DIFFICULT TASKS

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

SUPERFICIAL

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

CHESS PIECES


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

meta

1/4

CAP, GOWN, MITER, CROWN

Types of headwear

DIPLOMA, FACILE, TRITE, SHALLOW

Words related to academic achievement or intellectual depth

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

Words meaning difficult or tedious tasks

CASTLE, HORSE, FLIP, TASSEL

Words related to medieval or equestrian themes, or objects that can be flipped or have a tassel


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

CAP, DIPLOMA, GOWN, TASSEL

Graduation-related items

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

Synonyms for difficult tasks

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

Words meaning superficial or lacking depth

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

Chess pieces


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

CAP, DIPLOMA, GOWN, TASSEL

Graduation items

CHORE, GRIND, HASSLE, TRIAL

Tedious tasks

FACILE, FLIP, SHALLOW, TRITE

Superficial qualities

CASTLE, CROWN, HORSE, MITER

Royal attributes


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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