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hidden-object game

hidden-object game noun: a genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene.

hidden-object game: a genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene
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Noun

hidden-object game (plural hidden-object games)

  1. A genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene.
    • Though it dresses itself in a fairly intriguing adventure tale, Chronicles of Vampires is a hidden-object game with interspersed minigames.2012 March, Patrick C., “Chronicles of Vampires: Origins”, in Nintendo Power, number 276, page 23
    • We gaze out at the scrapyard, eyes darting and search like it's the highest-stakes hidden-object game of all time—and at last, June points—"THERE!"2017, Max Brailler, The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King, page 140

Forms of hidden-object game

pluralhidden-object games
alternative formhidden object game

Questions about hidden-object game

What does hidden-object game mean?
Hidden-object game means a genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene.
What part of speech is hidden-object game?
Hidden-object game is a noun.
What is the plural of hidden-object game?
The plural of hidden-object game is hidden-object games.

Words near hidden-object game in the dictionary

  1. hidden variable
  2. hidden variables
  3. Hidden Web
  4. hidden-ball trick
  5. hidden-ball tricks
  6. hidden-object game
  7. hidden-object games
  8. hiddenite
  9. hiddenites
  10. hiddenly
  11. hiddenmost

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