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Puzzle#977

Connections

Released: 2026-02-12


8
Models Tested
4
Solved
3.00
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

FORM, MAKE, MOLD, PRODUCE

CREATE OR SHAPE SOMETHING

FAST, FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT

FIXED OR SECURE

A, CARD, JAY, YANK

BASEBALL TERMS

DAIRY, DANCING, DRAG, MAY

WORDS WITH QUEEN


openai/gpt-4o

openai

2/4

FORM, MAKE, MOLD, PRODUCE

To create or shape

FAST, FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT

Things that are secure or immobile

A, CARD, JAY, MAY

Single letter or homophonic words

YANK, DAIRY, DANCING, DRAG

Words related to movements or shows


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

meta

2/4

FORM, MOLD, MAKE, PRODUCE

Synonyms for create or shape

FAST, FIRM, TIGHT, FROZEN

Words that can describe something as unyielding or secure

JAY, YANK, CARD, DAIRY

Types of Queen, bird, team, or product brand

A, MAY, DANCING, DRAG

Words that can be related to types of Queen, such as a type of queen in music, e.g. ’A’ as in Queen A of a deck, ’May’ Queen, Dancing Queen, and Drag Queen


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

FAST, FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT

Adjectives that can precede ’as a...’ (e.g., fast as a cheetah)

A, CARD, JAY, YANK

Nicknames for Major League Baseball teams (Astros, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Yankees)

DAIRY, DANCING, DRAG, MAY

Words that can follow ’queen’ (dairy queen, dancing queen, drag queen, May queen)

FORM, MAKE, MOLD, PRODUCE

Synonyms for ’create’


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

2/4

FORM, MOLD, MAKE, PRODUCE

Words meaning to create

FAST, FIRM, TIGHT, FROZEN

Words that can describe ice

JAY, CARD, YANK, DAIRY

Types of birds

A, MAY, DRAG, DANCING

Words that can follow the word ’go-go’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

FORM, MAKE, MOLD, PRODUCE

Create

FAST, FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT

Secure

DAIRY, DANCING, DRAG, MAY

Queen

A, CARD, JAY, YANK

Sports Teams


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

4/4

FORM, MAKE, MOLD, PRODUCE

Create

DAIRY, DANCING, DRAG, MAY

Queen

FAST, FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT

Immovable

A, CARD, JAY, YANK

New York Slang


google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

2/4

FIRM, FROZEN, TIGHT, FAST

Similar in rigidity

PRODUCE, MAKE, FORM, MOLD

Methods of creation

CARD, DRAG, DANCING, YANK

Types of Queens

A, MAY, DAIRY, JAY

Words that sound like letters


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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