Kind of light

The answer

ARC

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARC answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NEON (12 uses in xd)
• KLIEG (4 uses in xd)
• STOP (4 uses in xd)
• ULTRAVIOLET (2 uses in xd)
• GAS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARC

Every other clue in this collection answered by ARC, most used first.

• Rainbow shape - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
• Circle segment - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved line - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved path - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Joan of -- - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Curve - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Pendulum path - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Circle section - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ de Triomphe - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Circle part - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• Lob's path - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Pendulum's path - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow's shape - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a circle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Bow - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Eyebrow shape - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Trajectory - used 30 times, most recently in 2015
• Fly ball's path - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ de Triomphe (Paris landmark) - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass trace - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Parenthesis, essentially - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Jeanne d'___ - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Parenthesis shape - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Shape of a rainbow - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Story line - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Curved trajectory - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Parabolic path - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Rainbow, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Javelin's path - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• It's measured in degrees - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Semicircle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Parabola - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Smile shape - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bow shape - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Circumference segment - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Compass doodle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved shape - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Line made with a compass - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Circle piece - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Joan of ___ (French saint) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of lamp - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Bow-shaped line - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Bowlike curve - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Circumference section - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Compass line - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Curving path - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Jump shot's path - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Lob trajectory - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Parabola part - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Shuttlecock's path - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Arrow's path - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Compass creation - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Crescent shape - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• __ lamp - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Missile's path - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Plot progression - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Circle portion - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Fly ball trajectory - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Parenthesis, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Path of a fly ball - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Projectile path - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow path - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Spark stream - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
• Story __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Azimuth - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Bow's shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Curve part - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Curved line drawn with a compass - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Lob's trajectory - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Part of a circumference - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pop-up path - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Rainbow, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Section of a circle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Semicircle, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Windshield wiper's path - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• A compass can help you make one - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Basketball's path - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bit of a circle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Boomerang's path - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Bridge between two electrodes - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Compass tracing - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Curve segment - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Curving line - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Ellipse part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Episodic story line - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Extended story line - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Geometric curve - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Homer's path - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Part of a loop - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Rainbow, for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Semicircle, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Three-point line's shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of welder - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ welder - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Kind - ILK, used 192 times
• Light brown - TAN, used 186 times
• Beam of light - RAY, used 94 times
• "What Kind of Fool __?" - AMI, used 90 times
• Light metal - TIN, used 76 times
• Kind of trip - EGO, used 69 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.