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Puzzle#986

Connections

Released: 2026-02-21


7
Models Tested
7
Solved
4.00
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

4/4

LATE, EXCUSED, ABSENT, PRESENT

Words related to being somewhere

PAST, BACKGROUND, HISTORY, LIFE

Topics for an autobiography

DODGERS, AUDITS, INFINITIVE, MINION

Items that might have an evil in front

GREAT, PHEW, SOLID, PERFECT

Positive Adjectives


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

BACKGROUND, HISTORY, LIFE, PAST

Related to personal experiences

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

Attendance statuses

GREAT, PERFECT, PHEW, SOLID

Expressions of relief or approval

AUDITS, DODGERS, INFINITIVE, MINION

Words with specific suffixes


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

BACKGROUND, HISTORY, LIFE, PAST

Aspects of existence or experience

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

Attendance status

GREAT, PERFECT, SOLID, PHEW

Expressions or adjectives of approval or relief

AUDITS, DODGERS, INFINITIVE, MINION

Varied unique terms


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BACKGROUND, HISTORY, LIFE, PAST

PERSONAL INFORMATION

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

ATTENDANCE STATUSES

GREAT, PERFECT, PHEW, SOLID

EXPRESSIONS OF RELIEF

AUDITS, DODGERS, INFINITIVE, MINION

THINGS THAT AVOID OR SERVE


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BACKGROUND, HISTORY, LIFE, PAST

Words related to time or personal history

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

Attendance statuses

GREAT, PERFECT, PHEW, SOLID

Words expressing approval or relief

AUDITS, DODGERS, INFINITIVE, MINION

Words that can follow ’tax’


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

Attendance status

BACKGROUND, HISTORY, PAST, LIFE

Personal history

GREAT, PERFECT, PHEW, SOLID

Expressions of approval

AUDITS, DODGERS, INFINITIVE, MINION

Specific nouns


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

meta

4/4

PAST, HISTORY, LIFE, BACKGROUND

Nouns related to time or personal experience

ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT

Terms related to attendance

DODGERS, MINION, AUDITS, INFINITIVE

Proper nouns or words that can be related to grammar or accounting concepts

GREAT, PERFECT, SOLID, PHEW

Words that express relief or positive sentiment


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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