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Puzzle#1121

Connections

Released: 2026-07-06


4
Models Tested
1
Solved
2.50
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT

Surprising events or news

ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO

Scientific terms

EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET SKATES, BUMBLEBEE

Items from the cartoon ’Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote’

TNT, GRIND RAIL, MATCHA, TINDERBOX

Combustible or explosive items


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT

Words meaning surprise

ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO

Science terms

EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET SKATES, GRIND RAIL

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Tricks

TNT, BUMBLEBEE, MATCHA, TINDERBOX

Types of tea


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

meta

2/4

BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT

Types of Surprising Events

ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO

Scientific Concepts or Structures

EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, MATCHA, TNT

Substances or Products with Unique Names

ROCKET SKATES, BUMBLEBEE, GRIND RAIL, TINDERBOX

Objects or Entities with High Energy Associations


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT

Words meaning a sudden surprising event or piece of information

ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO

Scientific terms or concepts

EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET SKATES, TNT

Inventive or exaggerated product names

BUMBLEBEE, GRIND RAIL, MATCHA, TINDERBOX

Words that can be associated with nature or natural elements


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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