escape room

American  

[i-skayp room] / ɪˈskeɪp ˌrum /

noun

escape rooms plural

1. a form of entertainment in which people are put in a room from which they can only exit by finding clues and solving a number of puzzles within a limited time.

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Other Word Forms

• escape-room
  adjective

Example Sentences

“It’s, of course, setting a precedent. A lot of people don’t see working at an escape room as something worthy of being recognized. Sometimes when you say, ‘I’m an actor at an escape room.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

If there isn’t a movie we agree we want to see, we’ll do an escape room.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

To pop the question he designed a homemade escape room, which is one of their favourite things to do together.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Their wedding day involved their favourite things - fish and chips on Penarth Pier, an escape room and a carousel ride in Cardiff Bay.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

And me, the dreamer who tries to escape room H-5, a kid with a computer named Elvira.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper