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Puzzle#1164

Connections

Released: 2026-08-18


4
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.75
Avg. Correct Connections
4
LLM Providers

openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

LIMOUSINE, PAPARAZZI, RED CARPET, VELVET ROPE

Celebrity and Event related

PETROLEUM JELLY, POETIC JUSTICE, PRACTICAL JOKE, PRIVATE JET

Items and Concepts with ’P.J.’ initials

BASKETBALL, FLYERS MASCOT, COWBOY COFFEE, SANDPAPER

Items associated with specific professions or categories

ORANGUTAN, SWEET POTATO, TRAFFIC CONE, FILM NOIR

Items or concepts with a color association (Orange)


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

LIMOUSINE, PAPARAZZI, RED CARPET, VELVET ROPE

Celebrity or VIP related items

PETROLEUM JELLY, SWEET POTATO, COWBOY COFFEE, SANDPAPER

Compound words

POETIC JUSTICE, PRACTICAL JOKE, FILM NOIR, PRIVATE JET

Adjective-Noun phrases

BASKETBALL, ORANGUTAN, TRAFFIC CONE, FLYERS MASCOT

Things associated with the color orange


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

LIMOUSINE, PAPARAZZI, RED CARPET, VELVET ROPE

Things associated with celebrities

PETROLEUM JELLY, POETIC JUSTICE, PRACTICAL JOKE, PRIVATE JET

Things that start with ’PJ’

BASKETBALL, ORANGUTAN, SWEET POTATO, TRAFFIC CONE

Things that are orange

COWBOY COFFEE, FILM NOIR, FLYERS MASCOT, SANDPAPER

Things that can be preceded by ’Gritty’


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

meta

Failed

LIMOUSINE, RED CARPET, PRIVATE JET, VELVET ROPE

Luxury or exclusive experiences

PAPARAZZI, FILM NOIR, POETIC JUSTICE, PRACTICAL JOKE

Terms related to movies or photography

PETROLEUM JELLY, SANDPAPER, COWBOY COFFEE, TRAFFIC CONE

Items that can be found in a workshop or on a construction site

BASKETBALL, ORANGUTAN, SWEET POTATO, FLYERS MASCOT

Items that are nouns and could be related to sports teams or something found in Philadelphia


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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