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Puzzle#996

Connections

Released: 2026-03-03


7
Models Tested
1
Solved
1.14
Avg. Correct Connections
7
LLM Providers

google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

google

1/4

APPLE, MAC, FLEETWOOD, NEIGHBOR

Apple Products

BRISKET, FLANK, FASTIDIOUS, TOUCH

Words That Can Mean "Next To"

HANGER, SHELF, ROD, HOOK

Things for Hanging Clothes

BROTHER, ABUT, DIPPER, QUICKSAND

Things That Can Sink


anthropic/claude-3.7-sonnet

anthropic

1/4

APPLE, BROTHER, FLEETWOOD, MAC

COMPUTER AND TECH BRANDS

DIPPER, HANGER, HOOK, ROD

CLOSET ITEMS

ABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH

WORDS MEANING "TO BE ADJACENT TO"

BRISKET, FASTIDIOUS, QUICKSAND, SHELF

CONTAINS A BODY PART


mistralai/mistral-medium-3

mistral

Failed

APPLE, MAC, FLANK, BRISKET

Types of Apple Varieties or Apple Related Terms

BROTHER, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH, ABUT

Words that can follow ’next of’ or ’next to’

DIPPER, HANGER, HOOK, ROD

Types of Hardware Tools

FASTIDIOUS, FLEETWOOD, QUICKSAND, SHELF

Words Containing ’Fast’ or Related to Speed


deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324

deepseek

4/4

APPLE, MAC, DIPPER, BROTHER

Words associated with ’Big’ (Big Apple, Big Mac, Big Dipper, Big Brother)

ABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH

Synonyms for ’border’ or ’be adjacent to’

HANGER, HOOK, ROD, SHELF

Items found in a closet

BRISKET, FASTIDIOUS, FLEETWOOD, QUICKSAND

Words that can follow ’Mac’ (Mac Brisket, Mac Fastidious, Fleetwood Mac, Quicksand Mac)


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

meta

Failed

APPLE, MAC, FLEETWOOD, ROD

Brand names

BROTHER, NEIGHBOR, ABUT, TOUCH

Words related to proximity or relationship

DIPPER, HANGER, HOOK, SHELF

Types of holders or supports

BRISKET, FLANK, FASTIDIOUS, QUICKSAND

Words related to cutoffs, either physically or with rapid change


x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta

x-ai

2/4

ABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH

Adjacency

HANGER, HOOK, ROD, SHELF

Storage Devices

APPLE, BROTHER, MAC, FLEETWOOD

Brand Names

BRISKET, FASTIDIOUS, QUICKSAND, DIPPER

Quick or Fast Related


openai/gpt-4o

openai

Failed

APPLE, MAC, FLEETWOOD, QUICKSAND

Types of music (APPLE as a music service, MAC as a record label, Fleetwood Mac band, Quicksand a song title)

BROTHER, TOUCH, NEIGHBOR, HANGER

Close associations or connections

DIPPER, HOOK, ROD, SHELF

Things found in a workshop or used in handiwork

ABUT, FLANK, FASTIDIOUS, BRISKET

Actions/Adjectives associated with precision


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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