Shape of a rainbow

The answer

ARC

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

Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Kind of light - used 9 times, most recently in 1995
• __ 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.

• 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
• In good shape - FIT, used 73 times

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