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SPECTRA is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SPECTRA.

10 total results for SPECTRA   ( score: 50 )

4 results for SPECTRA from Shortz Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Sat May 22, 201032DBands appearing after split-ups?Will Nediger
Fri May 4, 20014DRainbows (2)Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sun Jun 13, 199927DLight arraysRich Norris
Sat Mar 30, 199640ARainbows (2)D. R. Stark
2 results for SPECTRA from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Jun 13, 2010Diagramless10DColor rangesMichael Shteyman
Dec 10, 2006AcrosticKRainbowlike rangesEmily Cox & Henry Rathvon
4 results for SPECTRA from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Sat Oct 3, 199225DBroad ranges of related ideasBetty JorgensenMaleska
Sun May 14, 19727ARangesEdward J. O'BrienWeng
Thu Apr 13, 197265ABands of color raysUnknownWeng
Sat Jan 16, 196018ARanges of colors from prisms.UnknownFarrar
Anagrams:PREACTS, CARPETS, PRECAST