Rainbow's shape

The answer

ARC

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

Used 42 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 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.

• SEMICIRCLE (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
• 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
• Part of a circle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Fly ball's path - used 29 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Neckline shape - VEE, used 162 times
• In shape - FIT, used 151 times
• Snaky shape - ESS, used 146 times
• Right-angle shape - ELL, used 86 times
• Pothook shape - ESS, used 84 times
• Serpentine shape - ESS, used 42 times

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