Issue #1067 Wed 13 May
NYT Connections Hints & Answer — May 13, 2026
A stiff midweek grid — three groups invite a confident first guess, and one quiet category waits for solvers who read carefully before they tap.
Word meanings & definitions
Stuck on a tricky Connections word? Click any tile below to see its dictionary entry — handy when a familiar word might be hiding a less-obvious meaning.
GRINDER
- n. machine that pulverises by abrasion
- n. New England term for a long filled roll
- n. molar tooth used for chewing
- n. relentlessly hard worker
HERO
- n. admired person of great courage
- n. protagonist of a story
- n. New York name for a stuffed baguette
HOAGIE
- n. Philadelphia-style overstuffed loaf sandwich
SUB
- n. temporary replacement person
- n. underwater vessel
- n. submarine-shaped deli roll
- v. to stand in for another
ARGUMENT
- n. heated verbal disagreement
- n. line of reasoning supporting a claim
- n. value passed into a function
BASIS
- n. underlying foundation of something
- n. supporting rationale behind an action
CAUSE
- n. thing that produces an effect
- n. movement championed by supporters
- n. legitimate motive for acting
GROUNDS
- n. land surrounding a building
- n. valid reasons that justify a decision
- n. sediment left from brewed coffee
ADJUST
- v. alter slightly to improve fit
- v. tweak image settings such as exposure
- v. acclimatise to new conditions
CROP
- n. plant harvest from farmland
- v. trim edges off a picture
- n. short riding whip
- n. a pouch in a bird's gullet
FILTERS
- n. devices that strain particles from fluid
- n. preset effects applied to photos
- v. passes through selectively
MARKUP
- n. amount added above cost price
- n. annotation overlay drawn on images
- n. tags structuring a document
BEAN
- n. edible seed of a legume plant
- v. to hit on the head
- n. slang for someone's head
BELLY
- n. abdominal region of the body
- n. underside of a vessel or aircraft
- v. to bulge outward
DONUT
- n. ring-shaped fried sweet pastry
- n. spare tyre of reduced size
- n. score of zero
ROLL
- v. move by turning over and over
- n. small round bread bun
- n. official list of names
- n. cylinder of coiled material
yellow group 7 hints
Yellow group hints
A deli counter at lunchtime, butcher paper unrolling and a foot of bread waiting to be wrapped.
Food — specifically something you eat by the slice or by the foot.
All four are regional synonyms for the same handheld meal.
The same item goes by different names depending on which American city you order it in.
LONG SANDWICH
One is HOAGIE.
GRINDER · HERO · HOAGIE · SUB
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Green group hints
The careful word a lawyer reaches for when explaining why someone did what they did.
Abstract nouns from the language of reasoning and justification.
All four are synonyms — different words pointing at the same idea.
Each can complete the phrase "on what ___ ?" when you challenge someone's reasoning.
PRETEXT
One is BASIS.
ARGUMENT · BASIS · CAUSE · GROUNDS
blue group 7 hints
Blue group hints
Thumb hovering over a fresh photo, a row of small icons across the bottom of the screen waiting to be tapped.
Technology — the toolkit that lives inside your camera roll.
All four are buttons or menu labels in the same app context.
Open a picture on your phone and tap Edit — you'll see all four sitting next to each other.
SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS
One is CROP.
ADJUST · CROP · FILTERS · MARKUP
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Violet group hints
Four small words that go nowhere on their own — until the same sticky three-letter word climbs onto their front.
Wordplay group — compound phrases built from one shared opener.
Each member completes a familiar two-word phrase when you put the same word in front of it.
Stick a sweet, wobbly preserve in front of each one and you have four everyday phrases.
JELLY ___
One is BEAN — as in JELLY BEAN.
BEAN · BELLY · DONUT · ROLL
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Complete Connections answer
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LONG SANDWICHGRINDER · HERO · HOAGIE · SUB
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PRETEXTARGUMENT · BASIS · CAUSE · GROUNDS
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SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONSADJUST · CROP · FILTERS · MARKUP
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JELLY ___BEAN · BELLY · DONUT · ROLL
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Frequently asked questions
Spoiler-free help for Connections on May 13, 2026. Every answer below helps you along without giving the game away — ready to see the full solution? See the complete Connections answer for May 13, 2026, or browse every Connections puzzle in the archive.
How hard is NYT Connections on May 13, 2026?
NYT Connections on May 13, 2026 rates 3 out of 4 on our difficulty scale — a tougher-than-average puzzle. As always you sort sixteen words into four colour-coded groups, and our hints tease what links each group without ever naming the words.
What's a spoiler-free hint for NYT Connections on May 13, 2026?
The hint ladder above starts with a one-line vibe for each of the four groups, then adds the connecting idea, then the wording of each category. You climb only as far as you need, and no grouped words are shown until the final reveal.
How many groups are in NYT Connections #1067?
Four groups of four, ordered from the gentlest to the trickiest. For the categories and the sixteen words themselves, open the answer section on this page — the hints here keep them hidden.
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