scavenger hunt

noun

: a game in which players try to acquire without buying specified items within a time limit

Examples of scavenger hunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Minnesota Vikings held a scavenger hunt in London last week. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

My sons will do adventures and scavenger hunts with that for hours. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2026

Part of the fun was a scavenger hunt with a tantalizing list of items to collect. — Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

That’s when Wormie World, an art scavenger hunt featuring hundreds of adorable ceramic worms, will host its third annual free urban art hunt throughout the city’s central neighborhoods. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scavenger hunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront

Kids Definition

scavenger hunt

noun

: a party contest in which players are sent out usually in pairs to obtain without buying unusual objects within a fixed length of time