NYT Connections Answers for May 13, 2026 (#1067)

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle — #1067, dropping May 13, 2026 — is one of the more manageable ones in recent memory. The NYT’s testers rated it a 2.2 out of 5, which means you’ve got a decent shot at a clean solve. That said, the purple group has some wordplay lurking in it that could trip you up if you’re not paying attention.

As always, yellow is your friendliest starting point, purple is where the puzzle makers like to get sneaky, and red herrings are everywhere. Scroll carefully — full answers are below.

Today’s Hints, If You Want to Stay in the Game

Not ready for the full reveal? Here’s a nudge for each category without giving away the goods:

Yellow: Think big, heavy reads — the kind you’d find on a serious bookshelf.

Green: These words all follow “Saint” — and yes, they’re all cities you’ve heard of.

Blue: Each of these pairs with “long” to make a familiar phrase.

Purple: The trickiest of the bunch. You’re looking for words that contain a hidden currency somewhere inside them.

The Full Answers for May 13, 2026

🟨 Substantial book: OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, WORK

The category title does the heavy lifting here — literally. Each of these words can describe a large, weighty piece of written work. A composer’s magnum opus, a dusty tome, the third volume of an encyclopedia. All fit the bill.

🟩 “Saint” cities: MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR

Put “Saint” (or “São” for the Brazilian ones) in front of each word and you’ve got a real city: Santa Monica, São Paulo, Saint Petersburg, and El Salvador — well, San Salvador, to be precise. The puzzle leans on the shared “Saint” prefix across different languages and traditions, which is a classic Connections move.

🟦 “Long” things: DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND

Each of these completes a familiar compound: long-distance relationship, long division, long johns (those thermal undergarments you pull out every winter), and a long weekend. Worth noting — JOHNS could have easily been mistaken for the green group, given that St. John’s is a city in Newfoundland and Labrador. That’s your red herring of the day.

🟪 Currencies plus a letter: FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, WONK

This is the one that’ll make you stare at the screen for a minute. Each word contains a world currency with an extra letter tacked on: FRANCI hides the franc, RANDO conceals the rand (South Africa’s currency), REALM wraps around the real (Brazil’s), and WONK tucks away the won (South Korea’s). It’s exactly the kind of wordplay the purple category lives for.

A few more red herrings worth flagging: JOHNS, MONICA, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR, PAULO, RANDO, and FRANCI all look like they could be people’s names — which is a fun little misdirection the puzzle editors clearly enjoyed building in.

How Did You Do?

Once you’ve finished, head over to the Connections Bot for a deeper breakdown of your solve — it’ll score your game and track your streak, win rate, and perfect solves over time. And if you want to swap strategies (or commiserate) with fellow solvers, the NYT Games team is active on Threads and WhatsApp.

Tomorrow’s puzzle drops at midnight. Good luck.