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

This week, the Basement’s union voted unanimously to ratify its first working contract, making it the first and only escape room to have a union and operate under a collective bargaining agreement.

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

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

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

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