Below: the Melio Connections puzzle for Tuesday, October 13, 2026, a progressive hint ladder so you can work toward the solution without spoiling it, and the full color-coded grouping if you want the answer outright.
Heads up: Melio’s Connections grids are independently authored. The answers for Tuesday, October 13, 2026 below are the Melio answers, not the NYT ones.
The 16 words
GREEN
BLACK
MOJITO
OOLONG
YEN
BEYONCE
POUND
MARTINI
NEGRONI
BOWIE
DOLLAR
BANKSY
MADONNA
MARGARITA
EURO
CHAMOMILE
Hint ladder
Spoiler warning
Stage 1: letter spread
Today's 16 words are spread across the alphabet. The most common starting letters are B (4×), M (4×), D (1×), E (1×).
Stage 2: yellow theme
The yellow group's theme is "Currencies". That's the easiest grouping; pick the four words that fit and you're a quarter of the way through.
Stage 3: yellow group reveal
The four yellow words are: DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, POUND.
DOLLAREUROYENPOUND
Stage 4: all four themes
The four categories, in order from easiest to hardest, are: Yellow (easiest): "Currencies" · Green: "Types of tea" · Blue: "Classic cocktails" · Purple (trickiest): "Mononyms".
Stage 5: full solution
Below is the full grouping; each row is one category.