escape room

noun

plural escape rooms

: a game in which participants confined to a room or other enclosed setting (such as a prison cell) are given a set amount of time to find a way to escape (as by discovering hidden clues and solving a series of riddles or puzzles)

Escape rooms are a game where a group of friends or co-workers get locked into a space to play some puzzles, so they can all win the reward of leaving the room slightly early.—

Nick Douglas

One of the most interesting fusions of digital culture with an older form—in this case, theater—is the escape room, which locks people behind a closed door and asks them to find a way out.—

Chris Suellentrop

also : a place or business where this game is played

This is The Lock Boxx, a new mobile escape room based out of San Luis Obispo County. Customers are "locked" inside the trailer until they can solve the appropriate puzzles and break free. —

Jarod Urrutia

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Both the escape room and festival will take place at the West Shreveport Branch location, at 4380 Pines Road and is free and open to the public from 3:50 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. —

Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2024 As always with escape rooms, there was no time to waste. —

Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024 Or From might just be doing its own version of Thirteen Ghosts with Jade at its center, bombarding him (and us) with spooky stuff to keep us on our toes, and that’s better than any escape room. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024 The interactive episodes feature an interactive escape room showcasing Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) content. —

Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for escape room