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Puzzle#970

Connections

Released: 2026-02-05


8
Models Tested
7
Solved
3.75
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

4/4

LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY, JEANS

Things that are Blue

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BASEBALL, BALD EAGLE

Things associated with the United States

SPIKE, BRUCE, ANG, CHRISTOPHER

People with Iconic Punky Names

RAM, KNOCK, BUTT, BUMP

Types of Impact


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

Symbols of America

BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM

Forceful actions or impacts

JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY

Things that are blue

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

Famous directors


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

SYMBOLS OF AMERICA

BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM

WAYS TO HIT SOMETHING

JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY

THINGS THAT ARE BLUE

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

MOVIE DIRECTORS LEE


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

Symbols of America

BUMP, KNOCK, RAM, BUTT

Words that describe types of collisions

JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY

Things that are commonly blue

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

First names of famous actors


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

meta

2/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

American Symbols

BUMP, KNOCK, RAM, BUTT

Verbs for collision or impact

JEANS, ANG, BRUCE, SPIKE

Names related to the movie or characters of the same name or a type of clothing

LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY, CHRISTOPHER

Things associated with the color blue


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

Symbols of American culture

BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM

Words meaning to hit or collide

JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY

Things that are commonly blue

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

First names of famous directors


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

American Symbols

BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM

Ways to Collide

LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY, JEANS

Blue-Associated Words

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

First Names


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

4/4

AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL

Classic American symbols

BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM

Verbs meaning to hit or collide

JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY

Commonly blue-colored things

ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE

First names of famous directors with the last name Lee


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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