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Puzzle#988

Connections

Released: 2026-02-23


7
Models Tested
0
Solved
0.71
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

Failed

SCARF, PARTY HAT, MASQUERADE, CONE

Types of hats

CHRISTMAS TREE, MISTLETOE, WEDDING, NEW YEAR’S EVE

Special occasions

GORGE, VOLCANO, BLUFF, BOLT

Geological Features

POSTURE, INHALE, BLARNEY STONE, FRONT

Things Associated with the Phrase ’Put On’


openai/gpt-4o

openai

1/4

BOLT, GORGE, INHALE, SCARF

Words related to consuming or taking in

CHRISTMAS TREE, MISTLETOE, BLARNEY STONE, VOLCANO

Special places or things associated with traditions or natural phenomena

PARTY HAT, WEDDING, MASQUERADE, NEW YEAR’S EVE

Elements or events associated with celebrations

CONE, FRONT, BLUFF, POSTURE

Words related to shapes or positioning


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

1/4

BOLT, INHALE, SCARF, GORGE

Words that can mean to eat quickly

CHRISTMAS TREE, PARTY HAT, MISTLETOE, NEW YEAR’S EVE

Things associated with celebrations

CONE, VOLCANO, BLUFF, FRONT

Geographical terms

MASQUERADE, POSTURE, BLARNEY STONE, WEDDING

Words associated with events or actions


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

1/4

BLARNEY STONE, BLUFF, FRONT, POSTURE

PUT ON A FACADE

BOLT, GORGE, INHALE, SCARF

CONSUME RAPIDLY

CHRISTMAS TREE, MISTLETOE, NEW YEAR’S EVE, WEDDING

CELEBRATIONS WITH SPECIAL OBJECTS

CONE, MASQUERADE, PARTY HAT, VOLCANO

THINGS THAT ARE POINTED AT THE TOP


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

1/4

BOLT, GORGE, INHALE, SCARF

Words meaning to consume quickly

CHRISTMAS TREE, MISTLETOE, NEW YEAR’S EVE, WEDDING

Occasions or symbols associated with celebrations

CONE, PARTY HAT, VOLCANO, BLUFF

Things that have a conical shape

FRONT, MASQUERADE, POSTURE, BLARNEY STONE

Related to deception or pretending


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

1/4

INHALE, BOLT, GORGE, SCARF

Ways to consume food quickly

MISTLETOE, BLARNEY STONE, WEDDING, MASQUERADE

Traditions involving kissing or disguise

BLUFF, FRONT, POSTURE, CONE

Positions or stances

CHRISTMAS TREE, PARTY HAT, NEW YEAR’S EVE, VOLCANO

Celebration or decorative items


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

meta

Failed

CHRISTMAS TREE, MISTLETOE, NEW YEAR’S EVE, WEDDING

Occasions for Kissing

VOLCANO, BLUFF, GORGE, BLARNEY STONE

Geological Formations

PARTY HAT, MASQUERADE, CONE, SCARF

Types of Headgear

INHALE, BOLT, POSTURE, FRONT

Words Related to ’Up’ or ’Upright’


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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