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Puzzle#1053

Connections

Released: 2026-04-29


7
Models Tested
4
Solved
3.14
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

BOOM, CLAP, RUMBLE, ROLL

Noisy Sounds

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Steps in a Process

HAND, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM

Ways to Give Someone Applause

JOKE, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING

Things That Can Be Pulled


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

STEPS OR PARTS OF A PROCESS

BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE

THUNDER SOUNDS

HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING

TYPES OF PUPPETS

JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM

THINGS THAT CAN BE STANDING


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Stages of a process or development

BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE

Sounds

HAND, SOCK, ROOM, SHADOW

Parts of a house or objects associated with homes

STRING, JOKE, OVATION, ORDERS

Words related to performance or events


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Words that can mean a part of a process or competition

BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE

Words that describe sounds

HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING

Words that can follow ’puppet’ to form a compound word

JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM

Words that can follow ’standing’ to form a phrase


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

meta

4/4

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Terms for stages or steps in a process

BOOM, CLAP, RUMBLE, ROLL

Types of sounds

HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING

Types of puppets

JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM

Related to comedy or performance, including a type of comedic bit, commands from a director, applause, or a venue


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Synonyms for steps in a process

BOOM, CLAP, RUMBLE, OVATION

Types of sounds

HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING

Types of puppets

JOKE, ORDERS, ROOM, ROLL

Words that can precede ’roll’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE

Thunder sounds

LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE

Stages of a process

HAND, SOCK, STRING, SHADOW

Types of puppets

JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM

Words that follow ’Standing’


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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