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Puzzle#979

Connections

Released: 2026-02-14


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

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Small Pile

WOODY, JUNIOR, GUMP, SULLY

Characters Played by Tom Hanks

BREATH, HIKE, RISE, SPIKE

Increase

JUMP, PHILLIPS, PEPPER, SPEAR

Types of Javelin Throws


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Words for increase

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Words for raised earth formations

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

Fictional characters

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Terms that can follow ’Long’


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Types of protuberances

PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY, GUMP

Last names of Tom Hanks movie characters

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Words that describe upward movement

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Words that can follow ’mint’


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

INCREASE SUDDENLY

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

RAISED AREAS

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

TOM HANKS CHARACTERS

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

____ MINT CANDIES


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

meta

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Words that can also be verbs meaning to increase

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Nouns for protrusions or rounded masses

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

Surnames of main characters in movies

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Names of characters or notable elements in the Forrest Gump story


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Words meaning an increase or upward movement

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Words referring to raised or rounded protrusions

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

Last names of famous fictional characters

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Words that can follow ’Dr.’ to form names or titles


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Ways to increase

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Types of bumps

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

Movie characters

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Types of mints


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

4/4

HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE

Synonyms for increase

BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND

Protrusions or raised features

GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY

Tom Hanks movie characters

BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR

Types of mints (breath, junior, pepper, spear)


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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