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Puzzle#971

Connections

Released: 2026-02-06


8
Models Tested
2
Solved
1.88
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

Failed

FIRE, DRAGON, TIGER, HORSE

Zodiac Animals

HAY, HIGH, CHOW, BUTTER

Types of foods

CANDY CANE, STRAW, STIRRER, CUP

Items used for beverages

REFEREE, CROSSWALK, LID, YEOH

Things that are often seen in a show of a specific type


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Items associated with beverages or drinking

CANDY CANE, REFEREE, FIRE, CROSSWALK

Things associated with stripes

TIGER, DRAGON, HORSE, CHOW

Chinese Zodiac Animals

BUTTER, HAY, HIGH, YEOH

Words that can precede ’fly’


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

BEVERAGE ACCESSORIES

CANDY CANE, CROSSWALK, REFEREE, TIGER

THINGS WITH STRIPES

BUTTER, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE

____ FLY

CHOW, HAY, HIGH, YEOH

HOMONYMS OF ’HOW’, ’HEY’, ’HI’, ’YO’


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Coffee Shop Items

CANDY CANE, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE

Things with ’Fly’ in their name

CROSSWALK, REFEREE, TIGER, YEOH

Names associated with stripes

BUTTER, CHOW, HAY, HIGH

Types of food or food-related terms


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Parts of a takeout coffee cup

CANDY CANE, CROSSWALK, REFEREE, TIGER

Things with stripes

BUTTER, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE

Words that can follow ’fly’

CHOW, HAY, HIGH, YEOH

Names of actors in ’Everything Everywhere All at Once’


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

meta

1/4

FIRE, DRAGON, HORSE, TIGER

Chinese zodiac symbols

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Common items found at a coffee shop

BUTTER, HAY, CHOW, CANDY CANE

Types of foods or treats

CROSSWALK, REFEREE, HIGH, YEOH

Words related to traffic, sports, or proper nouns


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Drinking accessories

TIGER, CANDY CANE, CROSSWALK, REFEREE

Items with stripes

DRAGON, HORSE, CHOW, HAY

Animal-related

BUTTER, FIRE, HIGH, YEOH

Abstract concepts


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

2/4

CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW

Coffee shop items

CANDY CANE, CROSSWALK, REFEREE, TIGER

Things with stripes

HAY, HORSE, CHOW, BUTTER

Animal food

FIRE, DRAGON, HIGH, YEOH

Common phrases with the word ’high’ (High DRAGON?), ’FIRE’, ’YEOH’, ’BUTTER’


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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