NYT Connections #1066
Hints, category titles, and full answers for Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Connections Hint #1066 — May 12, 2026
Connections Walkthrough — May 12, 2026
A breakdown of every category from the May 12, 2026 puzzle, the trap words designed to fool players, and what made it tricky.
Group-by-group breakdown (easiest to hardest)
- SUBSTANTIAL BOOK
You can group OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, and WORK as hefty or serious publications.
- "LONG" THINGS
You can test a shared front word before DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, and WEEKEND.
- "SAINT" CITIES
You need saintly city prefixes in different forms before MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, and SALVADOR.
- CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER
You can finish by spotting hidden currencies with one added letter in FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, and WONK.
The trap words that fool most players
Words placed in this puzzle to make one category look like another.
- JOHNSlooks like · "SAINT" CITIESactually · "LONG" THINGS
St. John's is a real place, but here you want the underwear phrase.
- FRANCIlooks like · "SAINT" CITIESactually · CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER
It tempts you toward San Francisco, but it is a currency with an added letter.
What makes this puzzle clever
Several groups depend on adding a word or letter around the entry, so check both prefixes and small spelling changes.
About this puzzle
This is the complete solution to NYT Connections puzzle #1066, originally published on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The four categories ranged from SUBSTANTIAL BOOK (the easiest, yellow group) through CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER (the trickiest, purple group, which usually involves wordplay or hidden patterns).
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