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Puzzle#1089

Connections

Released: 2026-06-04


4
Models Tested
2
Solved
2.75
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERA

Types of paint

GUSTO, PANACHE, VERVE, VINEGAR

Words used to describe flair/energy (excludes VINEGAR)

BEASTIE, PUBLIC, TOWN, WRITER

Words that can precede ’BOYS’

RUN, SALT, KITCHEN, PEPPER

Words related to cooking/kitchen activities


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERA

Types of paint

GUSTO, PANACHE, VERVE, VINEGAR

Words that can describe enthusiasm or energy

BEASTIE, PUBLIC, RUN, SALT

Words associated with the band ’Run-DMC’ or their songs

KITCHEN, PEPPER, TOWN, WRITER

Words that can follow ’Ghost’ to form a compound word or phrase


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

meta

1/4

ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERA

Types of paint

GUSTO, PANACHE, VERVE, RUN

Words that can mean energy or enthusiasm

SALT, PEPPER, VINEGAR, KITCHEN

Common items found in a kitchen

BEASTIE, PUBLIC, TOWN, WRITER

Words that can be combined with ’boy’ to form a phrase or title


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERA

Types of paint

GUSTO, PANACHE, VERVE, VINEGAR

Words that can follow ’elbow’

BEASTIE, PUBLIC, RUN, SALT

Words that can follow ’pepper’

KITCHEN, PEPPER, TOWN, WRITER

Words that can follow ’New’


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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