\nWe asked 79 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) the same question. The answer was 3; 71 got it right. See every answer and who dissented.
← We asked every AISettled · 79/79 models
\nHot takeAI
\nAsked verbatim: “How many times does the letter r appear in the word "strawberry"?”
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\n79 of 79 models have voted. Hover a dot for the model, its lab and its argument.
\nRunning share as each of the 79 models answered.
\nThe read
\nOf 78 models, the overwhelming majority (about 69) correctly picked 3 r's in "strawberry." A handful dissented with 2 (e.g. Llama 4 Maverick, Granite 4.2 8B, Nova Lite), while Mistral Small 3 oddly chose "Something else" despite explaining the answer is 3.
\n8 models went against the room.
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\nLlama 4 MaverickMetaWrongMemory2100% sure
\nThe word "strawberry" is spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y, and counting the Rs gives 2.\n-
\nGranite 4.2 8BIBMWrongMemory2100% sure
\nThe word "strawberry" contains two 'r's, one after 't' and one after the second 'w'.\n-
\nLaguna XS 2.1PoolsideWrongMemory2100% sure
\nr appears in strawberry: s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — two separate r's before and after e.\n-
\nSabiazinho 4Maritaca AIWrongMemory2100% sure
\n"Strawberry" has two 'r's: one at the start of the second syllable and one at the end.\n-
\nAion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion LabsWrongMemory2100% sure
\nThere are only two instances of the letter 'r' in the word 'strawberry'. The letter 'r' appears once in the middle of the word, in the second position, and once at the end of the word, in the seventh position.\n-
\nNova LiteAmazonWrongMemory2100% sure
\nThe word "strawberry" has two 'r's.\n-
\nLlama 4 ScoutMetaWrongMemory2100% sure
\nI counted the Rs in strawberry.\n-
\nMistral Small 3MistralWrongMemorySomething else100% sure
\nThe letter "r" appears 3 times in "strawberry".
\n79 answers · in the order they came in · unedited apart from length.
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\nParallel SpeedParallel3100%
\nSpelling it out reveals the three letters in s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y.Right\n-
\nGemini 3.1 Pro Preview (High Reasoning)Google3100%
\nCounting the letters in s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y gives exactly three r's.Right\n-
\nNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three r's: strawberry.Right\n-
\nGLM-4.7Z.AI3100%
\nS-t-r-awbe-r-r-y: count them.Right\n-
\nMuse Spark 1.2 (Minimal Reasoning)Meta3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y has three r's - one in "stra" and two in "rry".Right\n-
\nLongCat 2.0Meituan3100%
\nI just spelled it out in my head — s-t-R-a-w-b-e-R-R-y — three R's, no more, no less.Right\n-
\nInklingThinking Machines3
\nRight\n-
\nNemotron 3 Nano 30BNVIDIA3100%
\nSpelling out “strawberry” gives s‑t‑r‑a‑w‑b‑e‑r‑r‑y, which contains three “r” letters.Right\n-
\nNova 2 LiteAmazon3100%
\n"Strawberry" contains r, a, w, b, e, r, r — three r's.Right\n-
\nGLM-5.3 (Low Reasoning)Z.AI3100%
\nstrawberry — three r's, one after "st" and two before "y"; I counted them twice to be sure.Right\n-
\nLlama 4 MaverickMeta2100%
\nThe word "strawberry" is spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y, and counting the Rs gives 2.Wrong\n-
\nGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Minimal Reasoning)Google3100%
\nThe word strawberry contains s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y, meaning the letter r appears exactly three times.Right\n-
\nGranite 4.2 8BIBM2100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains two 'r's, one after 't' and one after the second 'w'.Wrong\n-
\nGLM-4.7 FlashZ.AI3100%
\ns-t-rawbe-rry: r appears at positions 3 and twice in "berry".Right\n-
\nGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Minimal Reasoning)Google3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" is spelled s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y, which contains three r's: one after the 't' and two at the end.Right\n-
\nGranite 4.0 MicroIBM3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three 'r' letters: one in "straw" and two in "berry".Right\n-
\nGemma 4 31BGoogle3100%
\nThere are three 'r's in strawberry: strawberry.Right\n-
\nSeed 2.0 MiniByteDance3100%
\nI spelled "strawberry" letter by letter: s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y, count three r's total.Right\n-
\nClaude Fable 5.1 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic3100%
\ns-t-R-a-w-b-e-R-R-y — one r after "st", two in the "rry" ending: three total, no search required.Right\n-
\nQwen3.8 2.4T A95B (Minimal Reasoning)Qwen3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — the r's sit at positions 3, 8, and 9; no trick here, just spelling.Right\n-
\ngpt-oss-120b (Low Reasoning)OpenAI3100%
\nThe word “strawberry” contains three r’s (strawberry).Right\n-
\nQwen3.8 FlashQwen3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — the r shows up at position 3 and again as the doubled pair near the end, three in total.Right\n-
\nGLM-5.2Z.AI3100%
\nstrawberry has three r's — one after the t and two in a row before the y.Right\n-
\nSolar Pro 4Upstage3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y. The letter r appears at positions 3, 7, and 8 — three times, plainly.Right\n-
\nInkling SmallThinking Machines395%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: r at 3, r at 8, r at 9 = 3.Right\n-
\nLaguna S 2.1Poolside3100%
\n"strawberry" has r at positions 3, 7, and 10 — count them: s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y.Right\n-
\nGemini 3.6 Flash (Medium Reasoning)Google3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three 'r's: one after the 't' and two before the 'y'.Right\n-
\nGLM-5.3 Flash (Max Reasoning)Z.AI3100%
\nS-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y — one r after the t, two r's before the y: three total.Right\n-
\nMistral Medium 3.5Mistral3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: r appears at positions 3, 8, and 9.Right\n-
\nSeed 2.1 TurboByteDance3100%
\nCounting the letters in "strawberry": s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y gives three r's.Right\n-
\nGrok 4.3xAI390%
\nTwo r's in "straw", one in "berry" — that's three.Right\n-
\nNemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA395%
\nThe word strawberry has three r's: one after s, one after w, and one at the end.Right\n-
\nClaude Opus 5 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic399%
\nst-r-aw-b-e-r-r-y: one r in "straw", two in "berry" — three total, no matter how many models fumble this one.Right\n-
\nLaguna XS 2.1Poolside2100%
\nr appears in strawberry: s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — two separate r's before and after e.Wrong\n-
\nGPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI3100%
\n“strawberry” contains three r’s: one after “st” and two in the ending “rry.”Right\n-
\nMistral Medium 3.1Mistral3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: r appears at positions 3, 7, and 8.Right\n-
\nSonar Reasoning ProPerplexity399%
\nSpell it out—s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y—there are three r’s sitting in that word.Right\n-
\nKimi K3Moonshot3100%
\nSpelling it out letter by letter — s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — the r's land in positions 3, 8, and 9, so there are exactly three.Right\n-
\nDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek3100%
\n"strawberry" has r in "stra" and two r's in "berry" — three total.Right\n-
\nGrok 4.20xAI390%
\nS-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y has three r's — positions 3, 8, and 9. Classic gotcha that still tricks people.Right\n-
\nSabiazinho 4Maritaca AI2100%
\n"Strawberry" has two 'r's: one at the start of the second syllable and one at the end.Wrong\n-
\nSabiá 4Maritaca AI3100%
\n"strawberry" has three r's: one in "str", and two together in "ber".Right\n-
\nClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic3100%
\nThe word strawberry has three r's: one in position 3, and two consecutive r's near the end (positions 8-9).Right\n-
\nGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium Reasoning)Google3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three r's: one after the t and a double r near the end.Right\n-
\nAion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs2100%
\nThere are only two instances of the letter 'r' in the word 'strawberry'. The letter 'r' appears once in the middle of the word, in the second position, and once at the end of the word, in the seventh position.Wrong\n-
\nQwen3.8 Max 0902 (Minimal Reasoning)Qwen3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: one r in "straw", two in "berry" — count them on your fingers and you get three.Right\n-
\nSolar Pro 3Upstage3100%
\nCounting each r in strawberry gives three.Right\n-
\ngpt-oss-20b (Low Reasoning)OpenAI3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three 'r' letters.Right\n-
\nGrok 4.6 (High Reasoning)xAI3100%
\nstrawberry is s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — that's one r in straw and two in berry, so three.Right\n-
\nGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI3100%
\n“strawberry” has r in stRawbeRRy: three total.Right\n-
\nMuse Glimmer 30B (Low Reasoning)Meta3100%
\ns t r a w b e r r y has r at positions 3, 8 and 9, so three total.Right\n-
\nMiniMax M2.5 (Reasoning)MiniMax3100%
\nSpelling it out—s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y—shows three r's: one in "straw" and two in "berry".Right\n-
\nDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek399%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y has three r's: one in "str", and two in the "-rry" ending.Right\n-
\nKimi K2.6Moonshot3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — I counted each r right there.Right\n-
\nDeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek399%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: the r in "str-" plus the double rr = three r's.Right\n-
\nClaude Sonnet 5 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic399%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: r shows up at positions 3, 8, and 9 — that's three.Right\n-
\nGPT-6 Astra (Medium Reasoning)OpenAI3100%
\nStrawberry has one r in “straw” and two in “berry,” making three.Right\n-
\nSonarPerplexity399%
\n“strawberry” has three r’s: s t r a w b e r r y.Right\n-
\nNemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA3100%
\n"strawberry" has r's at positions 3, 8, and 9, making three total.Right\n-
\nAion 3.0 Mini (Reasoning)Aion Labs3100%
\nIn "strawberry", the letter r appears three times: at positions 3, 8, and 9.Right\n-
\nAion 3.0 (Reasoning)Aion Labs3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y has an r in position three and a double r at the end, totaling three.Right\n-
\nNova LiteAmazon2100%
\nThe word "strawberry" has two 'r's.Wrong\n-
\nAion 2.0 (Reasoning)Aion Labs3100%
\nStrawberry has three r's: s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y.Right\n-
\nParallel LiteParallel3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three Rs: one at the third position in "straw" and two consecutive Rs in "berry".Right\n-
\nSonar ProPerplexity3100%
\n"strawberry" has r in positions 4, 8, and 9, so that's three r's.Right\n-
\nQwen3.7 FlashQwen3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y has three r's: one after t, and two at the end.Right\n-
\nLlama 4 ScoutMeta2100%
\nI counted the Rs in strawberry.Wrong\n-
\nQwen3.8 27BQwen3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y: one r after the t, two r's together after the e — that's three.Right\n-
\nParallel BaseParallel3100%
\nThe word "strawberry" contains three 'r's: s-t-R-a-w-b-e-R-R-y.Right\n-
\nGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI3100%
\n“Strawberry” has one r in “straw” and two in “berry.”Right\n-
\nLing 3.0 FlashInclusionAI3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y has r at positions 3, 8, and 9 — three times.Right\n-
\nMiMo V2.5Xiaomi3100%
\nstra·w·b·e·r·r·y — three r's, right there in the middle.Right\n-
\nMistral Small 3MistralSomething else100%
\nThe letter "r" appears 3 times in "strawberry".Wrong\n-
\nGrok 4.5 (High Reasoning)xAI3100%
\nstrawberry has r in the third spot plus the double-r near the end—three total, plain as day.Right\n-
\nMiMo V2.5 ProXiaomi3100%
\nS-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — the r appears at positions 3, 8, and 9.Right\n-
\nMiniMax M3MiniMax399%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — three r's, no doubt.Right\n-
\nMercury 2.5Inception3100%
\nCounting each letter in s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y gives three r's: positions 3, 8, and 9.Right\n-
\nHy4 PreviewTencent3100%
\ns-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y — three r's: one after t, two at the end. Count them yourself, it's not two.Right
\nCount them out loud — st-r-awbe-rr-y: one r after "st", then the double r before "y" makes three.Right
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