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Puzzle#1144

Connections

Released: 2026-07-29


4
Models Tested
3
Solved
3.50
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE

Fasteners

BASIC, MID, PLAIN, VANILLA

Terms for simplicity or moderation

GEM, NUGGET, PEARL, WORD

Related to precious items or valued objects

BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE

Words related to colors and materials


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE

Types of Fasteners

BASIC, PLAIN, VANILLA, MID

Synonyms for Simple

GEM, NUGGET, PEARL, WORD

Things that can be Golden

BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE

Types of Boards


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BASIC, MID, PLAIN, VANILLA

Words meaning ordinary or unremarkable

GEM, NUGGET, PEARL, WORD

Words that can follow ’gold’

BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE

Types of boards (blackboard, chalkboard, corkboard, whiteboard)

NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE

Types of fasteners


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

meta

2/4

NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE

Types of Fasteners

BASIC, PLAIN, VANILLA, MID

Terms for Simple or Average Things

GEM, PEARL, NUGGET, CHALK

Types of Stones or Geological Formations

BLACK, WHITE, WORD, CORK

Types of Boards


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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