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Puzzle#1142

Connections

Released: 2026-07-27


4
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.50
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, VAULT

Gymnastics equipment

CARROT, ICICLE, KNITTING NEEDLE, STALACTITE

Things that are pointed

DOPPLER, GRAVEYARD, PARADIGM, STICK

Types of shifts

BELL, CART, HEART, MAGNIFYING GLASS

Things that can be rung or are icons


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, VAULT

Gymnastics Events

CARROT, ICICLE, KNITTING NEEDLE, STALACTITE

Things that are long and thin

DOPPLER, PARADIGM, GRAVEYARD, MAGNIFYING GLASS

Types of Shifts

BELL, CART, HEART, STICK

Parts of a Shop Vac


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

Failed

BEAM, CARROT, KNITTING NEEDLE, STICK

Thin, elongated objects

ICICLE, STALACTITE, DOPPLER, MAGNIFYING GLASS

Words related to science or natural phenomena

HORSE, CART, BELL, RINGS

Parts of a horse-drawn carriage or related items

VAULT, GRAVEYARD, PARADIGM, HEART

Words that can follow ’leap of’ to form phrases


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

meta

Failed

BEAM, RINGS, VAULT, STALACTITE

Parts of a cave

HORSE, CART, STICK, CARROT

Things associated with a horse or donkey

KNITTING NEEDLE, MAGNIFYING GLASS, ICICLE, DOPPLER

Long thin objects

PARADIGM, GRAVEYARD, BELL, HEART

Words associated with shift, a change in something


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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