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Rainbows Word Search

A rainbow appears when sunlight bends and reflects inside falling raindrops. The colors always run in the same order, with red on the outer edge.

Rainbows word search (Medium)

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

arch
blue
color
droplet
green
indigo
light
orange
prism
rain
red
spectrum
sun
violet
yellow

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Words in the Rainbows word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

red: Outermost color band on a normal rainbow
blue: Cool color sitting between green and indigo
green: Middle band of the rainbow's color order
arch: Curved shape a rainbow makes across the sky
color: One of the visible bands split out of white light
light: Energy from the sun that rainbows are made of
sun: Source of the light; it must be behind your back
rain: Falling water drops that split the sunlight
yellow: Bright band between orange and green
orange: Warm band just inside the red one
violet: Innermost color band of the rainbow
indigo: Deep blue-purple shade listed between blue and violet
prism: Glass wedge that splits white light into colors
spectrum: The full ordered range of visible colors
droplet: Tiny water bead acting like a small prism
reflect: To bounce light back from a surface
bend: What light does when it enters water at an angle
mist: Fine airborne water that can also make rainbows
double: Second fainter bow with its colors reversed
sky: The open space where the bow appears

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