treasure hunt

noun

1. a game in which each person or team attempts to be first in finding something that has been hidden, using written directions or clues.

treasure hunt

noun

1. a game in which players act upon successive clues and are eventually directed to a prize

Example Sentences

Gamified activities can make lessons interactive and engaging — for example, turn spotting phishing emails into a treasure hunt or host a "password showdown" to see who can create the most secure login.

From Salon

The world’s longest treasure hunt appears to have come to an end, after an announcement in France that a buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed - after 31 years.

From BBC

Comprising 14 stone sculptures engraved with evocative sentences and silhouettes of plant life in light-responsive paint, this dispersed monument to the concept and practices of care will lead you on a poetic treasure hunt.

From Seattle Times

“Finding wild food is like going on a great treasure hunt,” says wild food writer Langdon Cook, whose books include “Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager.”

From Seattle Times

Looking for those commonalities is “almost like a treasure hunt.”

From Seattle Times