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

Attendees can participate in a fun scavenger hunt and take home a pumpkin while supplies last. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Thus began the tradition of a yearly scavenger hunt to track down where Universal placed Earl inside the tree that year. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026

But the pièce de résistance is the Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt, which sends kids searching throughout the Pyramid for six mischievous elves in exchange for a special reward. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2026

Bernard was on a color walk, a simple scavenger hunt organized around intentionally noticing a certain color—and how much of it is hiding in your ordinary surroundings. — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 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