puzzlehunt

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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.

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Meanings

nounpuzzlehunt (plural puzzlehunts)

plural puzzlehunts · alternative puzzle hunt

  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.

Origin

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

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APA

puzzlehunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puzzlehunt

MLA

“puzzlehunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puzzlehunt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puzzlehunt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puzzlehunt.

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