Almost done with your morning coffee, but not with today’s Connections? We can empathise with you. Today’s puzzle is the toughest of the month so far. It is understandable if you need some extra help to crack it. Before giving you the answers, we’ll give you some spoiler-free hints, followed by one word from each category, and the official list of themes. Here are all the hints, clues, and answers you need for NYT Connections #1,066 (May 12, 2026).
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What is Connections?
After Wordle, Connections is the New York Times’ most popular word game. The rules are simple. You need to find words with a common theme and group them into 4 groups of 4. The 16-word grid is designed with an increasing level of difficulty. The Yellow group is the easiest to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple. The misdirects and red herrings can trip you up, but they also make the puzzle more fun. You can play it on the NYT Games app or on the official website.
Here’s your grid for today
- WEEKEND
- RANDO
- PAULO
- FRANCI
- JOHNS
- MONICA
- WORK
- WONK
- TOME
- SALVADOR
- DIVISION
- VOLUME
- DISTANCE
- OPUS
- REALM
- PETERSBURG
Hints for NYT Connections (#1,066) May 12, 2026
Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.
- 🟡Yellow Group: A thorough scholarly or literary piece.
- 🟢Green Group: Popular cities with a common prefix.
- 🔵Blue Group: These things are often clubbed together with an adjective for ‘extended’.
- 🟣Purple Group: Think money.
One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)
Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Opus.
- 🟢Green Group: Monica.
- 🔵Blue Group: Distance.
- 🟣Purple Group: Franci.
List of Themes (Major Spoilers)
Maybe getting to know the common themes among the words will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Substantial Book.
- 🟢Green Group: ‘Saint’ Cities.
- 🔵Blue Group: ‘Long’ Things.
- 🟣Purple Group: Currencies Plus a Letter.
Answers to NYT Connections (#1,066) Today (May 12, 2026)
Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Opus, Tome, Volume, Work. (Substantial Book)
Yellow categories are meant to be easy, but this one required some thinking. These words don’t exactly jump out right away. We wouldn’t be surprised if this was the last group you guessed.
- 🟢Green Group: Monica, Paulo, Petersburg, Salvador. (‘Saint’ Cities)
In our opinion, this was the easiest category today. However, it did have a twist. While all these cities are named after saints, they don’t share the same ‘St’ prefix. Santa Monica, São Paulo, St. Petersburg, and San Salvador were the cities. ‘Johns’ was a misdirect.
- 🔵Blue Group: Distance, Division, Johns, Weekend. (‘Long’ Things)
Not the worst Blue category words we’ve seen on a puzzle, but the connection among them wasn’t obvious. This is why we love solving the puzzle – it always keeps you on your toes.
- 🟣Purple Group: Franci, Rando, Realm, Wonk. (Currencies Plus a Letter)
Franc, Rand, Real, and Won. This one was pretty self-explanatory, unless, like us, you were also adamant that ‘Rial’ was spelt wrong.
Answers to yesterday’s puzzle
- 🟡Yellow Group: Creep, Slip, Sneak, Steal. (Move Stealthily, With ‘In’)
- 🟢Green Group: Color, Ponzi, Pyramid, Rhyme. (Kinds of Schemes)
- 🔵Blue Group: Chinatown, Knives Out, Seven, Vertigo. (Detective Movies)
- 🟣Purple Group: Elegy, Karma, Keyed, Shandy (Body Parts Surrounded By Two Letters)
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- 🟡Yellow Group: Play, Repeat, Shuffle, Skip. (Music Player Buttons)
- 🟢Green Group: Bound, Certain, Fated, Sure. (Destined)
- 🔵Blue Group: Garnish, Muddle, Pour, Stir (Verbs in Making a Mojito)
- 🟣Purple Group: Coil, Fountain, Leap, Season (What ‘Spring’ Might Refer To)
NYT Connections (#1,063) May 9, 2026 Answers
- 🟡Yellow Group: Episode, Season, Series, Franchise. (Units of TV Programs)
- 🟢Green Group: Boa, Chain, Lanyard, Tie. (Things Worn Around the Neck)
- 🔵Blue Group: Friendship Bracelet, Macrame, Quipu, Shoelaces. (Strings Tied in Knots)
- 🟣Purple Group: Conversation, Period, Puff, Think. (___ Piece)
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How did other solvers do today?
NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 3.3 out of 5. This puts it in the hard difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!
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