Need help with NYT Connections #1066 for Tuesday, May 12, 2026? Use the color-order hints first, then reveal the full groups and answers when you are ready.
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Need help with NYT Connections #1066 for Tuesday, May 12, 2026? Use the color-order hints first, then reveal the full groups and answers when you are ready.
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Each hint nudges harder. Stop reading whenever the word lands.
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Tap to reveal. We blur it so you don’t scroll past the hints by accident.
Answer is hidden until you activate the reveal button.
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The trick the puzzle was actually after.
Connections #1066 mixes direct vocabulary, place-name phrasing, compound phrases, and a currency-plus-letter trick. The purple group is the toughest: FRANCI hides FRANC plus I, RANDO hides RAND plus O, REALM hides REAL plus M, and WONK hides WON plus K.
Source check: the official NYT Connections service confirmed the May 12, 2026 groups. URLs checked: https://www.nytimes.com/svc/connections/v2/2026-05-12.json ; https://www.nytimes.com/svc/connections/v2/2026-05-11.json ; https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections
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Stuck on a streak day? Past solves keep you moving.
Catching up? Here are the most recent solutions.
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, May 12, 2026 | Connections #1066 | SUBSTANTIAL BOOK / "SAINT" CITIES / "LONG" THINGS / CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER |
| Mon, May 11, 2026 | Connections #1065 | MOVE STEALTHILY, WITH "IN" / KINDS OF SCHEMES / DETECTIVE MOVIES / BODY PARTS SURROUNDED BY TWO LETTERS |
| Sun, May 10, 2026 | Connections #1064 | MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS / DESTINED / VERBS IN MAKING A MOJITO / WHAT "SPRING" MIGHT REFER TO |
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Readers searching for Connections hints today, NYT Connections answer today, Connections #1066, and Connections May 12 2026 want color-safe nudges before the full grid. This page keeps the category hints first, then reveals the official groups in color order.
The yellow group is SUBSTANTIAL BOOK: OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, WORK.
The purple group is CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER: FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, WONK.
REALM and WONK look like regular nouns, but they belong to the currency-plus-letter group.
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