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Puzzle#976

Connections

Released: 2026-02-11


8
Models Tested
4
Solved
2.75
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

4/4

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

Financial Terms

YEARN, SWOON, MOON, PINE

Expressions of Love

BRICK, BLOCK, CAKE, PUCK

Rectangular Solids

DERBY, COASTER, BAG, RINK

Things Associated With Roller Skating


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

MOON, PINE, SWOON, YEARN

Words that mean to long for or desire

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

Words related to profits or outcomes

BLOCK, BRICK, PUCK, RINK

Items related to hockey

CAKE, BAG, COASTER, DERBY

Types of races or events


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

MOON, PINE, SWOON, YEARN

Words that can follow ’honey’

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

Financial terms

BLOCK, BRICK, CAKE, PUCK

Things that are or can be ’ice ____’

BAG, COASTER, DERBY, RINK

Things that can be preceded by ’hockey’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

GAIN, RETURN, YIELD, NET

Financial terms

YEARN, PINE, SWOON, MOON

Words related to longing or emotion

PUCK, RINK, BLOCK, DERBY

Sports terms

BRICK, CAKE, BAG, COASTER

Common objects


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

meta

4/4

MOON, SWOON, YEARN, PINE

Words related to emotional or romantic feelings

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

Financial or economic terms

BRICK, BLOCK, CAKE, PUCK

Objects with distinct shapes or forms

BAG, COASTER, DERBY, RINK

Items related to sports or recreational activities


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

2/4

MOON, PINE, SWOON, YEARN

Words that mean to long for someone or something

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

Profit from an investment or venture

BAG, BLOCK, BRICK, CAKE

Slang terms for a bundle of drugs or money

PUCK, RINK, DERBY, COASTER

Roller-related activities (roller hockey/derby/rink/coaster)


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

Failed

MOON, SWOON, YEARN, YIELD

Words containing the letters Y, E, A, R

GAIN, NET, RETURN, PUCK

Sports Terms

BLOCK, BRICK, CAKE, BAG

Types of solid objects

PINE, COASTER, DERBY, RINK

Words associated with specific locations or events


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

SWOON, YEARN, PINE, MOON

TO LONG FOR SOMEONE/SOMETHING

GAIN, NET, RETURN, YIELD

FINANCIAL TERMS

BLOCK, BRICK, CAKE, PUCK

THINGS THAT ARE SOLID BLOCKS

BAG, COASTER, DERBY, RINK

TYPES OF RECREATIONAL AREAS


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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