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Puzzle#981

Connections

Released: 2026-02-16


8
Models Tested
0
Solved
1.25
Avg. Correct Connections
8
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

LAUGH, CACKLE, HOOT, SCREAM

Sounds of Amusement

DOH, DO, DOE, DOUGH

Homophones

BUCK, FAWN, FLIGHT, FREEZE

Deer Behaviors

CLUCK, FIGHT, RIOT, SQUAWK

Sounds of Conflict


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

HOOT, CACKLE, CLUCK, SQUAWK

Sounds made by birds

LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM, DOH

Expressions of strong emotion

DO, DOE, DOUGH, BUCK

Sound-alike words

FAWN, FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE

Responses to danger


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

2/4

HOOT, LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM

Sounds made by animals or people

DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGH

Homophones of ’do’

BUCK, FAWN, FLIGHT, FREEZE

Deer-related terms or behaviors

CACKLE, CLUCK, SQUAWK, FIGHT

Sounds made by birds


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGH

Homophones of ’do’

HOOT, CACKLE, CLUCK, SQUAWK

Animal or bird sounds

FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE, FAWN

Instinctual responses to threat

LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM, BUCK

Words related to noise or disturbance


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

meta

Failed

LAUGH, CACKLE, CLUCK, HOOT

Types of laughs or sounds

DOE, FAWN, BUCK, DOH

Deer-related terms

SCREAM, RIOT, FIGHT, FREEZE

Types of reactions or commands

DO, DOUGH, SQUAWK, FLIGHT

Words related to actions, objects, or bird sounds


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

HOOT, LAUGH, CACKLE, SCREAM

Types of vocal expressions

DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGH

Homophones

BUCK, FAWN, RIOT, FLIGHT

Types of animals and actions

CLUCK, SQUAWK, FIGHT, FREEZE

Actions or sounds made by animals


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

1/4

HOOT, LAUGH, CACKLE, SQUAWK

SOUNDS PEOPLE OR ANIMALS MAKE

RIOT, SCREAM, FIGHT, FREEZE

RESPONSES TO DANGER

DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGH

HOMOPHONES

BUCK, FAWN, FLIGHT, CLUCK

ANIMAL BEHAVIORS


qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b

qwen

2/4

DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGH

Homophones

CLUCK, HOOT, SQUAWK, CACKLE

Animal Sounds

FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE, FAWN

Stress Response Behaviors

LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM, BUCK

Vocal Expressions or Physical Reactions


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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