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Puzzle#991

Connections

Released: 2026-02-26


7
Models Tested
4
Solved
2.43
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

Failed

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, MILESTONE

Significant Places

ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUMROLL, SETUP

Things That Come Before Something

GRASSHOPPER, WASABI, SHAMROCK, PRETTY

Things That are Green

TIMING, WATERSHED, CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE

Comedy Terms


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED

Significant points or events

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, WASABI

Things that are green

CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING

Comedy terms

ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUMROLL, PRETTY

Words that can precede ’please’


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED

Significant points or markers

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, WASABI

Things associated with green

CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING

Elements of comedy

ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUMROLL, PRETTY

Terms associated with build-up or anticipation


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED

SIGNIFICANT POINTS OR MOMENTS

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, WASABI

THINGS THAT ARE GREEN

CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING

COMEDY TERMS

ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUMROLL, PRETTY

WORDS THAT PRECEDE ’PLEASE’


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED

Significant events or turning points

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, WASABI

Symbols or representations (cocktails, national symbols, plants)

CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING

Elements of comedy or jokes

ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUMROLL, PRETTY

Words associated with drumming or percussion


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

Failed

SETUP, PUNCHLINE, TIMING, DRUMROLL

Comedy elements

LANDMARK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, CROSSROADS, WATERSHED

Significant places or landmarks

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, WASABI, MILESTONE

Food or drink items

CALLBACK, ATTENTION, CHECK, PRETTY

Words that can function as verbs


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

meta

1/4

CROSSROADS, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED

Metaphorical turning points

GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, STATUE OF LIBERTY, PRETTY

Symbols or icons of Ireland or Irish culture, or generally considered attractive

WASABI, CHECK, CALLBACK, DRUMROLL

Words that can be related to food, finance, telecommunications, or music performance introductory elements

PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING, ATTENTION

Comedy elements


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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