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Puzzle#1096

Connections

Released: 2026-06-11


4
Models Tested
1
Solved
2.00
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS

Types of exercise or fitness activities

BRASS BAND, RHINO, BRONCHO, VIKING HELMET

Things associated with horns

DEVIL, FORERUNNER, TROUPER, UCONN

Mascots or team names

ELLE, PAPAL, STRIP, VENO

Prefixes or terms often used in specific contexts (e.g., magazines, religious titles, actions, and medical)


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS

Types of exercise

BRASS BAND, DEVIL, RHINO, VIKING HELMET

Things associated with the word ’blue’

BRONCHO, FORERUNNER, TROUPER, UCONN

Names of sports teams or mascots

ELLE, PAPAL, STRIP, VENO

Words that can precede ’cross’


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS

Types of Exercise

BRASS BAND, BRONCHO, TROUPER, UCONN

Music Groups

DEVIL, RHINO, VIKING HELMET, PAPAL

Types of Beetles

FORERUNNER, ELLE, STRIP, VENO

Magazines


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

meta

1/4

BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS

Types of Exercise

BRASS BAND, TROUPER, DEVIL, VIKING HELMET

Types of Mascots or Costumes

BRONCHO, RHINO, UCONN, ELLE

Types of Team Names or Mascots with Animal or Singular Names

FORERUNNER, PAPAL, STRIP, VENO

Prefixes or Words with Specific Meanings


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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