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Puzzle#1143

Connections

Released: 2026-07-28


4
Models Tested
3
Solved
3.25
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

CAPTAIN, DIRECT, HEAD, LEAD

Words that can mean ’to guide’

FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP, EMPIRE

Types of apples

CAMPER, CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS

Brands of shoes

ANNAPOLIS, BOBSLED, EVEREST, OTTOMAN

Words that can be names of places or things


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

meta

4/4

CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS, CAMPER

Shoe Brands

GALA, FUJI, HONEYCRISP, EMPIRE

Types of Apples

CAPTAIN, HEAD, LEAD, DIRECT

Leadership Positions

ANNAPOLIS, EVEREST, BOBSLED, OTTOMAN

Names of Things with Geographic or Furniture Associations


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

CAPTAIN, DIRECT, HEAD, LEAD

Synonyms for ’to guide or command’

CAMPER, CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS

Brands of shoes

EMPIRE, FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP

Types of apples

ANNAPOLIS, BOBSLED, EVEREST, OTTOMAN

Words that can follow ’Mount’


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

CAPTAIN, CAMPER, DIRECT, HEAD

Leadership roles or positions

FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP, EMPIRE

Types of apples

CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS, EVEREST

Shoe brands

ANNAPOLIS, BOBSLED, LEAD, OTTOMAN

Things associated with sports or activities


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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