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

New exhibits on Native American basketry, Elgin’s Jewish community and items seized at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will open, the children’s discovery room has been refreshed, and a new scavenger hunt for kids is available, the post said. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026

The Epcot fest has incorporated it into a form of scavenger hunt, and players also gathered in the Illumineer’s Lounge, now set up in a former restaurant in the rear of the Morocco pavilion. —Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026

There’s also a pleasant puzzly quality that can reward the type of math head reader who also loves a scavenger hunt. —Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026

Visit a pirate encampment, take part in scavenger hunts (with treasure included) and explore a pirate trail. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scavenger hunt

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

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