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Puzzle#1078

Connections

Released: 2026-05-24


5
Models Tested
3
Solved
3.20
Avg. Correct Connections
5
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

PEN, STABLE, SHED, COOP

Enclosures for Animals

MARCH, RALLY, STRIKE, PICKET

Types of Protest

MYA, HISS, ITSY, DRUM

Words That Sound Like Their Letters (M, S, T, R)

HERB, STAFF, MASK, RATTLE

Things Held by a Shaman


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

COOP, PEN, SHED, STABLE

Animal enclosures

MARCH, PICKET, RALLY, STRIKE

Forms of protest

DRUM, RATTLE, HISS, MASK

Snake characteristics or related

STAFF, HERB, ITSY, MYA

Names


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

COOP, PEN, SHED, STABLE

Types of animal enclosures

MARCH, PICKET, RALLY, STRIKE

Types of protests

DRUM, MASK, RATTLE, STAFF

Items associated with traditional shamanism

HERB, HISS, ITSY, MYA

Words that can precede ’bits’


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

meta

4/4

COOP, PEN, SHED, STABLE

Types of animal enclosures

MARCH, PICKET, RALLY, STRIKE

Forms of protest

DRUM, RATTLE, STAFF, MASK

Objects used in a parade or carnival

HERB, HISS, ITSY, MYA

Types of names for cats or references to size or sound


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

COOP, PEN, SHED, STABLE

Places to keep animals

MARCH, PICKET, RALLY, STRIKE

Forms of protest

DRUM, MASK, RATTLE, STAFF

Items associated with Native American culture

HERB, HISS, ITSY, MYA

Names of singers (Herb Alpert, Hiss Golden Messenger, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mya)


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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