I spy
Road trip pastime
I spy is a children's guessing game where one player spots an object and gives a clue—typically its first letter—while others try to identify it: I spy with my little eye something beginning with B.
The phrase also echoes espionage contexts, sometimes used playfully to announce noticing something: I spy a familiar face.
Estimating without certainty
spotting · clue · players · pointing · visual · objects · challenge · interactive
Intentionally concealed
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
intelligence · watching · shadowing · tracking · monitoring · agent · operative · spycraft
Children's outdoor recreation space
- nurseryRoom for infants
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- recessPause in activity
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
playdate · backseat · classroom · party · preschool · toddler · sibling · grandparent
Perceiving or identifying visually
- noticingBecoming aware of
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- searchingLooking to find
- lookingUsing eyes to observe
watching · eyeing · glimpsing · detecting · perceiving · recognizing · identifying · locating
guessing
Estimating without certainty
riddle · spotting · clue · players · pointing · visual · objects · challenge · interactive · playful
covert
Intentionally concealed
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
reconnaissance · intelligence · watching · shadowing · tracking · monitoring · agent · operative · spycraft · clandestine
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- nurseryRoom for infants
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- recessPause in activity
kindergarten · playdate · backseat · classroom · party · preschool · toddler · sibling · grandparent · babysitter
spotting
Perceiving or identifying visually
looking · watching · eyeing · glimpsing · detecting · perceiving · recognizing · identifying · locating · discovering
- travel entertainmentaudiobook, podcast, music playlist, crossword, sudoku
- playground gamestag, hide and seek, hopscotch, freeze, capture the flag
- British gamesconkers, British bulldog, darts, bowls, rounders
- chase gamestag, freeze tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, cops and robbers
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
I spyhide-and-seek
Concealment pursuit pastime
tag · blind man's bluff · Marco Polo · sardines · manhunt
I spybeing watched
Subject to surveillance
in the spotlight · exposed · revealed · out in the open · on display
spy, spying, spied, spies, spyglass, spyware, spyhole, spycam