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Puzzle#993

Connections

Released: 2026-02-28


7
Models Tested
4
Solved
3.00
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Basic needs or cravings

COMETH, EARNEST, KNEEL, SUNG

Words that end in similar sound: eth

SALESMAN, TAILOR, ROADIE, PILOT

Occupations

CRUISE DIRECTOR, NOVAK, RUSTLE, START

Things that rhyme with ’STAR’


openai/gpt-4o

openai

4/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Words for longing or craving

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

Professions

EARNEST, KNEEL, RUSTLE, TAILOR

Words that are verbs

COMETH, NOVAK, START, SUNG

Words that can be conjugations of verbs


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

4/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Types of cravings

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

Occupations

EARNEST, KNEEL, RUSTLE, TAILOR

Words that can be verbs

COMETH, NOVAK, START, SUNG

Words that can be last names


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

meta

2/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Strong feelings or needs

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

Professions involving travel

EARNEST, KNEEL, RUSTLE, COMETH

Words related to prayer or reverence

TAILOR, NOVAK, START, SUNG

Names or occupations related to sewing, tennis, or music


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

4/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

CRAVINGS

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

TRAVEL-RELATED OCCUPATIONS

EARNEST, KNEEL, RUSTLE, TAILOR

VERBS THAT ARE ALSO NOUNS

COMETH, NOVAK, START, SUNG

TENNIS TERMS


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Synonyms for strong wants or cravings

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

Professions or roles that involve travel or touring

EARNEST, KNEEL, RUSTLE, TAILOR

Words that can precede ’money’ to form phrases (earnest money, knee money, rustle money, tailor money)

COMETH, NOVAK, START, SUNG

Words that can follow ’Here’ to form names or phrases (Here Cometh, Here Novak, Here Start, Here Sung)


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

DESIRE, ITCH, THIRST, URGE

Impulses

CRUISE DIRECTOR, PILOT, ROADIE, SALESMAN

Occupations

KNEEL, RUSTLE, TAILOR, START

Verbs

EARNEST, COMETH, NOVAK, SUNG

Proper Nouns


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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