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Puzzle#987

Connections

Released: 2026-02-22


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

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

4/4

OUTCAST, REJECT, MISFIT, BLACK SHEEP

Social Deviants

SALT-AND-PEPPER, FLECKED, SILVER, DISTINGUISHED

Describing Gray Hair

PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE, BLOOM COUNTY, BLONDIE

Comic Strips

ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR, BULL MOOSE, BIG STICK

Theodore Roosevelt References


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

BLACK SHEEP, MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT

Terms for someone who doesn’t fit in

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

Descriptions of hair color

BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE, BLONDIE

Comic strips

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

Associated with Theodore Roosevelt


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

BLACK SHEEP, MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT

Words meaning outcast

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

Words describing hair

BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE

Comic strips

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

Things associated with Theodore Roosevelt


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

BLACK SHEEP, MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT

SOCIAL OUTSIDER

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

DESCRIBING GRAY HAIR

BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE

COMIC STRIPS

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

ASSOCIATED WITH THEODORE ROOSEVELT


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

BLACK SHEEP, MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT

Terms for someone who doesn’t fit in

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

Descriptions of hair color, especially with gray

BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE

Comic strips

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

Terms associated with Theodore Roosevelt


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

4/4

MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT, BLACK SHEEP

Outsiders

BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE

Comic strips

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

Theodore Roosevelt

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

Hair descriptions


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

meta

4/4

BLACK SHEEP, MISFIT, OUTCAST, REJECT

Terms for someone who doesn’t fit in

DISTINGUISHED, FLECKED, SALT-AND-PEPPER, SILVER

Terms related to gray or distinguished hair

BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE

Popular comic strips

BIG STICK, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR

Terms associated with Theodore Roosevelt


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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