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puzzlehunt

puzzlehunt noun: a game where teams compete to solve puzzles, the answers to which reveal the location of a hidden treasure or allow the teams to accomplish a final goal. The puzzle answers are frequently combined in a metapuzzle.

Noun

puzzlehunt (plural puzzlehunts)

  1. A game where teams compete to solve puzzles, the answers to which reveal the location of a hidden treasure or allow the teams to accomplish a final goal. The puzzle answers are frequently combined in a metapuzzle.

Forms of puzzlehunt

pluralpuzzlehunts
alternative formpuzzle hunt

Origin of puzzlehunt

From puzzle + hunt. Coined by Bruce Leban in 1998 for the Microsoft Puzzlehunt.

Questions about puzzlehunt

What does puzzlehunt mean?
Puzzlehunt means a game where teams compete to solve puzzles, the answers to which reveal the location of a hidden treasure or allow the teams to accomplish a final goal. The puzzle answers are frequently combined in a metapuzzle.
What part of speech is puzzlehunt?
Puzzlehunt is a noun.
What is the plural of puzzlehunt?
The plural of puzzlehunt is puzzlehunts.

Words near puzzlehunt in the dictionary

  1. puzzlegrass
  2. puzzlehead
  3. puzzleheaded
  4. puzzleheadedness
  5. puzzleheads
  6. puzzlehunt
  7. puzzlehunts
  8. puzzleless
  9. puzzlelike
  10. puzzlemaster
  11. puzzlemasters

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