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Puzzle#1149

Connections

Released: 2026-08-03


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

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

meta

1/4

ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE

Types of streets or roads

MINT, SAGE, MYRRH, NAG CHAMPA

Types of herbs or herbal products

FOREST, HUNTER, RHYTHM, NSYNC

Names of boy bands or words related to them

FLY BY, BUG FIX, NEEDLESS, TEA SET

Phrases or words with multiple meanings or wordplay


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE

Types of narrow roads or paths

FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE

Types of green things

FLY BY, BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS

___ Night (Song Titles)

MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM, TEA SET

Words that are spelled with a silent initial letter


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE

Types of roads or paths

FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE

Words that can follow ’Hungry as a’

FLY BY, MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM

Words associated with boy bands or their songs

BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS, TEA SET

Words that can follow ’Say’


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE

Types of roads or paths

FOREST, HUNTER, MYRRH, NAG CHAMPA

Words associated with nature or outdoors

MINT, SAGE, NSYNC, RHYTHM

Music or artistic categories

FLY BY, BUG FIX, NEEDLESS, TEA SET

Compound nouns or phrases


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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