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Puzzle#1158

Connections

Released: 2026-08-12


4
Models Tested
1
Solved
2.25
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

FOSTER, MAINTAIN, NURSE, HARBOR

Synonyms for ’nurture’ or ’care for’

BULL, GREEN, LEMON, SCOTT

Types of tea

BENES, BING, GREAT WHITE, OKAYAMA

Types of cherries

POISON DART, TREE, FINE PRINT, GOODBYE

Phrases containing ’frog’, ’house’, ’line’, ’wave’


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

FOSTER, HARBOR, MAINTAIN, NURSE

Words meaning to support or look after

BULL, GREEN, POISON DART, TREE

Types of frogs

BENES, BING, LEMON, SCOTT

Actors from The Big Bang Theory

FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, GREAT WHITE, OKAYAMA

Types of Sharks


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

2/4

FOSTER, HARBOR, MAINTAIN, NURSE

Words meaning ’to care for’

BULL, GREAT WHITE, POISON DART, TREE

Types of animals or things with ’tree’ in their names (Bull Shark, Great White Shark, Poison Dart Frog, Tree Frog)

BENES, BING, LEMON, SCOTT

Names of characters or actors (Eduard Benes, Bing Crosby, Lemon from ’Lemonade Mouth’, Scott from ’Scott Pilgrim’)

FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, GREEN, OKAYAMA

Words that can be paired with ’day’ (Fine Print Day, Goodbye Day, Green Day, Okayama Day)


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

meta

2/4

FOSTER, NURSE, HARBOR, MAINTAIN

To care for or support something

BULL, POISON DART, GREAT WHITE, GREEN

Types of frogs

BENES, BING, SCOTT, LEMON

Surnames of famous entertainers or historical figures

TREE, FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, OKAYAMA

Other connections didn’t fit, so these words are grouped by not fitting other categories, with Tree being a type of plant, Fine Print being a phrase, Goodbye being a farewell, and Okayama being a city in Japan


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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