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Puzzle#1184

Connections

Released: 2026-09-07


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

openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN

Lies or exaggerated stories

CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE

Parts of a bra

CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, NEEDLES, TURPENTINE

Related to pine trees

PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE

Things associated with bouncing or elasticity


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN

Types of Lies

CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE

Parts of a Bra

CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, NEEDLES, TURPENTINE

Types of Trees

PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE

Words that can follow ’Little’


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

meta

4/4

FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN

Types of false or exaggerated stories

CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE

Components of a bra

CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, NEEDLES, TURPENTINE

Things associated with pine trees

PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE

Things that can have a half-life, be formed after injury, be used in knitting, or be used in gymnastics, but more specifically: Plutonium has a radioactive half-life, scar tissue forms after injury, stitch markers are used in knitting, and trampolines are used in gymnastics


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN

Terms for lies or exaggerated stories

CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE

Parts of a bra

CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, TURPENTINE, NEEDLES

Things often associated with trees

PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE

Things that can be found in a ’spring’ context


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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