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Puzzle#1153

Connections

Released: 2026-08-07


4
Models Tested
4
Solved
4.00
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

FRAGRANCE, JAR, WAX, WICK

Components of a candle

LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE

Cold-related items

BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT

Mechanical/electrical components

BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO

Items with popular cultural references


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

FRAGRANCE, JAR, WAX, WICK

Candle Components

LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE

Things Associated with Cold

BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT

Elevator Components

BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO

Words Ending with ’O’


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

FRAGRANCE, JAR, WAX, WICK

Components of a candle

LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE

Things associated with cold temperatures

BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT

Parts of machinery or devices

BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO

Words that can follow ’Bucky’, ’Jack’, ’Ram’, or ’Toma’


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

meta

4/4

FRAGRANCE, WAX, WICK, JAR

Candle components

LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE

Cold things

BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT

Elevator components

BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO

Names of things that are also nouns with unrelated meanings, including a molecule, a slot machine payout, a movie character, and a type of vegetable


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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