Bow-shaped

The answer

ARCED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARCED answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 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.

• ARCUATE (2 uses in xd)
• ARCATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARCED

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

• Rainbow-shaped - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a rainbow - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Bowed - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Shaped like a rainbow - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Followed a curved path - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved like a rainbow - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbowlike - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Formed a curve - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Moved in a curved path - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Jumped between electrodes - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Traveled a curved path - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Curving - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Followed a trajectory - used 7 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.

• Egg-shaped - OVATE, used 228 times
• Egg-shaped - OVOID, used 123 times
• Ring-shaped reef - ATOLL, used 78 times
• Stern with a bow - ISAAC, used 51 times
• S-shaped moldings - OGEES, used 50 times
• Tube-shaped pasta - PENNE, used 48 times

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