Connections Answers

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

These words all refer to a large, important, or significant book, often one with substantial content or physical size.

Individual words:

•OPUS: A big, important piece of art, music, or writing, like a famous book or a composer's best song.

•TOME: A very large, often old and heavy book, usually about serious topics. It makes the book sound very important.

•VOLUME: One book, especially if it's part of a set of books. It can also just mean a big book itself.

•WORK: A creation like a book, painting, or song. In this group, it means an important written piece, like a novel or play.

These words are all parts of names of famous cities around the world that are named after Christian saints.

Individual words:

•MONICA: This refers to Santa Monica, a city in California, USA. It is named after Saint Monica, a Christian saint.

•PAULO: This refers to São Paulo, a very large city in Brazil. It means 'Saint Paul' in Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

•PETERSBURG: This refers to St. Petersburg, a city in Florida, USA, and a famous city in Russia. Both are named after Saint Peter.

•SALVADOR: This refers to San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. 'Salvador' means 'Savior' in Spanish, referring to Jesus.

These words are commonly paired with 'long' to form familiar phrases or compound words.

Individual words:

•DISTANCE: The space between two places or things. 'Long distance' means something far away, like a long journey or a phone call to another city.

•DIVISION: In math, it's splitting a number into equal parts. 'Long division' is a specific method taught in schools for dividing larger numbers.

•JOHNS: 'Long Johns' (always plural) are a type of warm underwear that covers the whole arms and legs, worn under clothes in cold weather.

•WEEKEND: The end of the week, usually Saturday and Sunday, when many people don't work. A 'long weekend' includes an extra public holiday day.

Each word is formed by taking the name of a country's money (currency) and adding one letter to the end.

Individual words:

•FRANCI: This word starts with 'Franc,' a currency (money) used in countries like France. For the puzzle, an 'i' is added.

•RANDO: 'Rand' is the currency, or money, used in South Africa. For this puzzle, we add the letter 'o' to make 'Rando.'

•REALM: 'Real' is the name of the money used in Brazil. In this game, we add the letter 'm' to 'Real' to create the puzzle word.

•WONK: The 'Won' is the money used in countries like South Korea. For this puzzle, the letter 'k' is added to form 'Wonk.'