Never Have I Ever Questions
Harmless little experiences, read aloud one card at a time, and a story behind every lowered finger.
- Time
- 10–30 min
- Players
- Two or more players
- Best for
- Sleepovers, family nights and new groups
- Deck
- 150 questions in 6 categories
How to use these never have I ever questions
- Pick a category from the menu under the card, or keep “All categories”.
- Read the top card aloud and let everyone answer it, going around the group.
- Swipe the card away, or tap “Next question”, for the next one. Questions do not repeat until you have seen the whole category.
- Tap the heart to save a question on this device, or tap “Make a 10-question list” for a list you can copy.
When to play never have I ever with a group
Never have I ever turns small, ordinary experiences into stories. Nobody needs to be good at anything to play, and the quiet person in the room often turns out to have the best tale.
Sleepovers
Lights low, sleeping bags in a circle, and Embarrassing or At home read aloud until somebody starts yawning.
Family gatherings
Grandparents, cousins and kids can all answer the same card. Travel and places and Skills and firsts bring out stories the younger ones have never heard.
A new team or club
In the first week, a few cards from Food and Skills and firsts show who has baked bread or ridden a unicycle, without putting anyone on the spot.
Ways to play never have I ever
The ten-finger classic
Everyone holds up ten fingers. Pass one phone around the circle so each player reads the next card aloud, and anyone who has done the thing on it puts a finger down. When your fingers run out, tell the story behind the last one, then everybody starts again with ten.
Stand up, sit down
A points-free version for classrooms: the teacher reads a card and everyone who has done it stands. Nobody counts anything. Ask one person who is standing for a single sentence about it, then the whole class sits for the next card.
Two players or a long drive
With just two of you, take turns reading and both answer “I have” or “I have not”. On a road trip the passenger reads, everyone in the car answers, and any “I have” earns one follow-up question from the others.
Tips for a good round
- Match the category to the crowd: School and work for classmates, At home and Food for a family table, Travel and places for a car full of people.
- A lowered finger is an invitation, not a duty. Anyone can say “pass” and keep the story for another day.
- In a big group, only the first person to put a finger down tells the story, so the round keeps moving.
All 150 never have I ever questions by category
The complete list, grouped by category. The cards above draw from the same list, so you can read ahead here and play there.
Food
Kitchen experiments, odd snacks and meals that went a little sideways.
- Never have I ever eaten a lemon slice without making a face.
- Never have I ever grown a vegetable or an herb and then eaten it.
- Never have I ever made pancakes in a shape other than a circle.
- Never have I ever eaten something so spicy that my eyes started watering.
- Never have I ever picked fruit straight from a tree or a bush.
- Never have I ever eaten a whole meal using only chopsticks.
- Never have I ever baked a loaf of bread from scratch.
- Never have I ever finished my popcorn before the movie even started.
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- Never have I ever dipped french fries in a milkshake.
- Never have I ever tried an ice cream flavor that sounded completely made up.
- Never have I ever made a pizza starting from the dough.
- Never have I ever cooked dinner for the whole family on my own.
- Never have I ever burned my tongue because I could not wait for my food to cool.
- Never have I ever licked the spoon after mixing cake batter.
- Never have I ever peeled an orange in one long, unbroken piece.
- Never have I ever put potato chips inside a sandwich for the crunch.
- Never have I ever eaten at a restaurant where I could not read the menu.
- Never have I ever cracked an egg with one hand.
- Never have I ever made a smoothie that turned out a very strange color.
- Never have I ever eaten straight from the pan while standing at the stove.
- Never have I ever picked every olive or onion out of a dish before eating it.
- Never have I ever eaten an ice pop so fast I got brain freeze.
- Never have I ever set a marshmallow on fire while trying to toast it.
- Never have I ever bitten into a cookie I thought was chocolate chip and found raisins.
- Never have I ever mixed two different cereals in the same bowl.
Travel and places
Boats, caves, castles and the places some of the group have never been.
- Never have I ever seen real snow falling from the sky.
- Never have I ever been on a boat so far out that I could not see land.
- Never have I ever slept on a train or a bus that traveled through the night.
- Never have I ever looked down from the top floor of a skyscraper.
- Never have I ever visited a place in a different time zone.
- Never have I ever spotted a whale, a dolphin or a seal in the wild.
- Never have I ever stood in two states or two countries at the same time.
- Never have I ever hiked a trail in a national park.
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- Never have I ever been on a road trip that lasted longer than eight hours.
- Never have I ever watched the sun rise from a mountain or a hilltop.
- Never have I ever been deep inside a cave.
- Never have I ever crossed a swinging rope bridge.
- Never have I ever visited a real castle.
- Never have I ever flown on a plane alone.
- Never have I ever seen the northern lights with my own eyes.
- Never have I ever been somewhere where nobody around me spoke my language.
- Never have I ever ridden the biggest roller coaster at an amusement park.
- Never have I ever slept in a cabin in the woods.
- Never have I ever walked on sand dunes in a desert.
- Never have I ever seen a famous painting or statue in real life.
- Never have I ever swum in a river.
- Never have I ever ridden in a helicopter or a hot air balloon.
- Never have I ever fed the animals on a farm.
- Never have I ever seen a volcano up close, even a sleeping one.
- Never have I ever ridden a cable car up a mountain.
School and work
Classrooms, homework, first jobs and the days that did not go to plan.
- Never have I ever left my homework at home on the day it was due.
- Never have I ever gotten every word right on a spelling quiz.
- Never have I ever spoken over the school loudspeaker.
- Never have I ever gone a whole school year without missing a single day.
- Never have I ever run for class president or student council.
- Never have I ever built a science fair project that stopped working on the big day.
- Never have I ever competed in a spelling bee.
- Never have I ever had a pen pal in another country.
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- Never have I ever worn a uniform to school or to work.
- Never have I ever worked a summer job.
- Never have I ever had a teacher who also taught one of my parents.
- Never have I ever forgotten my locker combination.
- Never have I ever had my artwork hung in a school hallway.
- Never have I ever been the new kid at a school.
- Never have I ever stayed up late finishing a project that was due the next morning.
- Never have I ever brought something really unusual for show-and-tell.
- Never have I ever helped a teacher run a lesson.
- Never have I ever had a job where I wore a name tag.
- Never have I ever made up a song to remember facts for school.
- Never have I ever had school canceled because of snow.
- Never have I ever earned money babysitting, walking dogs or mowing lawns.
- Never have I ever eaten my lunch in the school library.
- Never have I ever had a class outside on a sunny day.
- Never have I ever played in a school band or sung in a choir.
- Never have I ever sold cookies or candy bars to raise money for a club.
At home
Pajama days, lost remotes and the small adventures of everyday life.
- Never have I ever decorated my room with glow-in-the-dark stars.
- Never have I ever rearranged all the furniture in my room in one afternoon.
- Never have I ever painted a wall in my home.
- Never have I ever locked myself out of the house.
- Never have I ever kept a houseplant alive for more than a year.
- Never have I ever chosen to sleep on the floor even though a bed was free.
- Never have I ever built flat-pack furniture and had pieces left over.
- Never have I ever taken apart a gadget just to see how it works.
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- Never have I ever stayed in pajamas from morning to night on a weekend.
- Never have I ever finished a jigsaw puzzle with more than 1,000 pieces.
- Never have I ever had a sleepover in the living room.
- Never have I ever found money in a coat pocket months later.
- Never have I ever watched a whole season of a show in one weekend.
- Never have I ever fixed something with nothing but tape.
- Never have I ever had a pet that was not a cat or a dog.
- Never have I ever fallen asleep on the couch and woken up in my own bed.
- Never have I ever washed a red sock with white clothes and turned everything pink.
- Never have I ever hung a picture and needed three extra holes to get it straight.
- Never have I ever cleaned my room by pushing everything under the bed.
- Never have I ever played games by flashlight during a power outage.
- Never have I ever moved to a new home more than three times.
- Never have I ever played a board game that lasted longer than three hours.
- Never have I ever found the TV remote somewhere it had no business being.
- Never have I ever caught a spider in a cup and carried it outside.
- Never have I ever been sure a creaky noise at night was a ghost.
Embarrassing
Pull doors, price tags and kind little oops moments everyone has had.
- Never have I ever pushed a door that clearly said pull.
- Never have I ever said “you too” when someone told me to enjoy my meal.
- Never have I ever sung the wrong words to a song for years without knowing.
- Never have I ever walked around all day with a price tag still on my clothes.
- Never have I ever gotten my hand stuck in a jar.
- Never have I ever raised my hand and forgotten the answer by the time I was called on.
- Never have I ever tried to walk up an escalator that was going down.
- Never have I ever sent a message where autocorrect changed the whole meaning.
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- Never have I ever laughed so hard I fell off my chair.
- Never have I ever tried to open the door of a car that only looked like ours.
- Never have I ever left the house wearing two different shoes.
- Never have I ever stepped in a puddle that was much deeper than it looked.
- Never have I ever had the hiccups during a really quiet moment.
- Never have I ever introduced myself to someone I had already met.
- Never have I ever clapped at the wrong moment during a performance.
- Never have I ever had my umbrella flip inside out in front of a crowd.
- Never have I ever gone around a revolving door more than once because I missed my exit.
- Never have I ever knocked over a whole display in a store.
- Never have I ever recorded a video by accident when I meant to take a photo.
- Never have I ever stood up and realized my foot had fallen asleep.
- Never have I ever messed up the punchline of a joke I had been dying to tell.
- Never have I ever turned on a garden hose and sprayed myself.
- Never have I ever been caught dancing when I thought nobody was watching.
- Never have I ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why I went in.
- Never have I ever answered a question out loud that was meant for someone else.
Skills and firsts
Cartwheels, kites, magic tricks and the first time you pulled one off.
- Never have I ever ridden a unicycle, even for a few seconds.
- Never have I ever done a proper cartwheel on the grass.
- Never have I ever solved a puzzle cube without looking up the moves.
- Never have I ever juggled three balls without dropping one.
- Never have I ever swum a whole length of a pool underwater.
- Never have I ever knitted or crocheted something I could actually use.
- Never have I ever typed a full page without looking at the keyboard.
- Never have I ever tied a tie by myself without watching a video.
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- Never have I ever built a sandcastle taller than my knees.
- Never have I ever caught a fish and let it go again.
- Never have I ever skipped a stone more than five times across the water.
- Never have I ever climbed all the way to the top of a tree.
- Never have I ever learned a magic trick that truly fooled someone.
- Never have I ever ice skated a whole lap without holding on to the wall.
- Never have I ever flown a kite so high it looked tiny.
- Never have I ever been able to wiggle my ears.
- Never have I ever sewn a button back on by myself.
- Never have I ever planted a tree and watched it grow taller than me.
- Never have I ever driven a go-kart around a real track.
- Never have I ever built a birdhouse or something else out of wood.
- Never have I ever learned to play chess well enough to teach someone.
- Never have I ever ridden a wave all the way to shore on a surfboard or bodyboard.
- Never have I ever jumped off the high diving board.
- Never have I ever drawn a portrait of someone that actually looked like them.
- Never have I ever made my own video game or app.
Frequently asked questions
How many never have I ever questions are there?
There are 150 questions, 25 in each of six categories: food, travel and places, school and work, at home, embarrassing, and skills and firsts. The cards and the list on this page use the same set.
Is there a never have I ever game for couples?
Yes. Never have I ever for couples is made for two: both players’ hands are shown on the screen, and you tap a finger down instead of counting on your own. Its statements are different from the ones on this page.
Can kids play never have I ever, or a whole class?
Yes. Every card is about food, places, school, home or small skills, with no romance and nothing private, so the deck works from about age ten. The embarrassing ones are the kind everyone laughs about, like pushing a door marked pull.
What should we play after never have I ever?
Try would you rather questions. Instead of asking what you have done, they ask what you would pick between two made-up situations, so even the quietest player has an answer.