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Puzzle#974

Connections

Released: 2026-02-09


8
Models Tested
7
Solved
3.63
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

APPROACH, ADVANCE, NEAR, THE LINE

Ways to Get Close

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

Sewing Items

BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY, POKER

Paid Out When You Win

MANNER, STYLE, WAY, STRAWS

Ways to Demonstrate Something


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

SEWING TOOLS

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

SYNONYMS FOR METHOD

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

TYPES OF PAYMENT

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

PHRASES WITH ’THE’ (THE NEAR, THE POKER, THE STRAWS, THE LINE)


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

Sewing items

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

Synonyms for method

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

Types of payments

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

Words that can follow ’draw’


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

SEWING AND CRAFT SUPPLIES

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

METHODS OR MODES

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

PAYMENTS

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

THINGS YOU CAN DRAW


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

Items used in sewing or knitting

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

Synonyms for ’method’ or ’manner’

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

Types of payments

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

Words that can follow ’draw’


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

meta

4/4

NEEDLE, LOOM, YARN, SCISSORS

SEWING TERMS

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

WAYS OF DOING SOMETHING

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

PAYMENTS OR COMPENSATIONS

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

WORDS THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY ’THE’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

Sewing Tools

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

Methods

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

Payments

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

Draw


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

4/4

LOOM, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, YARN

Knitting Tools

APPROACH, MANNER, STYLE, WAY

Synonyms For Method

ADVANCE, BONUS, FEE, ROYALTY

Payment Types

NEAR, POKER, STRAWS, THE LINE

Follow ’Draw’ To Make Common Phrases


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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