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Puzzle#965

Connections

Released: 2026-01-31


8
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.50
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

Failed

ROLLER, SPRAY CAN, BALL, BRUSH

Application Tools

PALETTE KNIFE, MIXER, COMPUTER KEY, TUNING FORK

Types of Keys

RECEPTION, SHOWER, DRESS, WORK PERIOD

Events Often Preceded By A Party

SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, WISHBONE, FLUCTUATION

Look like a Y


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

BALL, BRUSH, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Painting Tools

MIXER, PALETTE KNIFE, COMPUTER KEY, DRESS

Kitchen Tools

RECEPTION, SHOWER, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIOD

Types of Events

SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONE

Objects with Specific Uses


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

BALL, RECEPTION, SHOWER, DRESS

Events or Occasions

BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Art Supplies

MIXER, COMPUTER KEY, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIOD

Components or Aspects of a Process

SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONE

Tools or Instruments


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Painting tools

SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONE

Y-shaped objects

BALL, MIXER, RECEPTION, SHOWER

Types of parties

COMPUTER KEY, DRESS, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIOD

Things that can SHIFT


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

meta

1/4

BALL, SLINGSHOT, WISHBONE, TUNING FORK

Types of forks or devices with a fork-like shape, or related to force and tension

BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Painting tools

RECEPTION, SHOWER, DRESS, WORK PERIOD

Events or periods related to work or celebrations

MIXER, STETHOSCOPE, COMPUTER KEY, FLUCTUATION

Devices with a function related to mixing, listening, typing, or measuring changes


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

1/4

BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Painting tools

RECEPTION, SHOWER, MIXER, DRESS

Social events

STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, COMPUTER KEY, SLINGSHOT

Hand-held instruments

BALL, FLUCTUATION, WISHBONE, WORK PERIOD

Physics concepts


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

2/4

BALL, RECEPTION, SHOWER, DRESS

Types of parties or social events

BRUSH, PALETTE KNIFE, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Tools used by artists or painters

SLINGSHOT, STETHOSCOPE, TUNING FORK, WISHBONE

Objects that are Y-shaped

MIXER, COMPUTER KEY, FLUCTUATION, WORK PERIOD

Words that can follow ’shift’


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

1/4

PALETTE KNIFE, BRUSH, ROLLER, SPRAY CAN

Painting Tools

SHOWER, DRESS, RECEPTION, WISHBONE

Wedding-Related Words

MIXER, TUNING FORK, STETHOSCOPE, FLUCTUATION

Sound-Related Tools

SLINGSHOT, BALL, COMPUTER KEY, WORK PERIOD

Projectile and Time Concepts


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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