Never Have I Ever Questions: 360 Clean Ones

Read a card, put a finger down if you have done it, and let the phone keep score of everyone's five lives.

On this page

How to play
Rules and variations
Tips for a good game
How to play without a phone

Never have I ever is a group game where one person reads out something they have never done, and anyone who has done it loses a life. Everyone starts with five lives, usually five fingers held up. This page has 360 clean never have I ever statements in nine categories, from kids and family to school and work, and a free game that keeps score for you on one phone.

How to play

You need three or more players and one phone. Sit where everyone can see each other's hands.

Add everyone's name on the setup screen. The phone remembers names for next time.
Choose your categories. Kids, Family, School, Food, Travel and Funny are good for everyone. Embarrassing, Tech & phones and Work suit teens and adults.
Press Start. Each player begins with 5 lives.
The reader says "Never have I ever..." and then reads the card out loud. The cards leave off the start, so it is quick to read.
Anyone who has done the thing taps their name on the screen, or the reader taps it for them. They lose one life.
Tap Next for the next card. When a player hits zero lives, they are out. The last player with lives left wins.

The best part is not the score. It is the stories. When someone loses a life on "gotten lost in a new city", ask them what happened. Give each story about thirty seconds, then move on.

Rules and variations

The classic rule is the fingers rule: hold up five fingers and put one down each time you have done the thing. Here are a few ways to change it.

Ten lives for a long game. Hold up both hands for a slower game with more stories. This is good for long car rides or a quiet evening.
Write your own. Each player takes a turn saying a true "Never have I ever" about themselves. The trick is to pick something you have never done but you think others have. It is a sneaky way to knock out other players.
Story tax. Anyone who loses a life has to tell the story in one sentence. It is a great way to learn about each other.
Opposite round. Play "I have" instead. Read the card as "I have..." and players lose a life if they have not done it. It flips the strategy and mixes up who wins.
Team play. Split into two teams. A team loses a life for each member who has done it. The team with more lives at the end wins.

Tips for a good game

Pick categories for your group. At a family gathering, use Kids, Family, Food and Travel. Grandparents often have the best stories in Travel and Family. With a class or a new team at work, stick to School, Work and Tech & phones. Embarrassing is funniest with people who already know each other.

Mixed ages. Young kids may not have done many things yet, so they lose lives slowly and often win. That is part of the fun. If an adult is losing too fast, they can play with ten lives.

Shy players. Nobody has to explain their answer. Losing a life is enough. Let the reader role pass around the circle, so quieter players get the fun of reading too.

Be honest, be kind. The game only works if people are honest. It only stays fun if nobody gets teased for an answer. If someone looks uncomfortable, laugh it off and tap Next.

Keep it moving. If the group is quiet, read three cards fast and then pause for stories. Speed is what makes it feel like a game.

How to play without a phone

All you need are hands. Everyone holds up five fingers. Take turns going around the circle. On your turn, say "Never have I ever" and finish the sentence with something true about you, or read one from the list on this page. Anyone who has done it puts a finger down. When all five fingers are down, you are out.

If small kids find it hard to hold fingers up, give everyone five coins, buttons or paper clips instead. Put one in the middle each time you lose a life. The last person with something left in front of them wins.

You can also print the list on this page, cut out the statements and pull them from a bowl, so the reader does not have to think of ideas on the spot.

All 360 questions

Kids

Never have I ever had a sleepover at a friend's house
Never have I ever lost a tooth at school
Never have I ever built a blanket fort
Never have I ever eaten dessert before dinner
Never have I ever pretended to be a superhero for a whole day
Never have I ever named a stuffed animal after a food
Never have I ever seen a shooting star
Never have I ever ridden a horse or a pony
Never have I ever broken a bone
Never have I ever had a pet fish
Never have I ever been stung by a bee
Never have I ever made a snowman
Never have I ever jumped in a puddle on purpose
Never have I ever built a sandcastle taller than my knees
Never have I ever let go of a balloon and watched it float away
Never have I ever had a lemonade stand
Never have I ever been on a roller coaster
Never have I ever eaten a bug by accident
Never have I ever slept with a night light
Never have I ever dressed up a pet in clothes
Never have I ever fallen asleep in my hiding spot during hide and seek
Never have I ever found money on the ground
Never have I ever had an imaginary friend
Never have I ever climbed a tree
Never have I ever drawn on a wall
Never have I ever tried to dig a hole to the other side of the world
Never have I ever caught a frog
Never have I ever won a prize at a fair
Never have I ever stayed up past midnight
Never have I ever made slime
Never have I ever watched the same movie more than five times
Never have I ever swallowed chewing gum
Never have I ever been to a water park
Never have I ever ridden a bike with no hands
Never have I ever planted a seed and watched it grow
Never have I ever stayed awake to try to see the tooth fairy
Never have I ever flown a kite
Never have I ever had a birthday party at a pizza place
Never have I ever cut my own hair
Never have I ever gotten a splinter that took forever to come out

Family

Never have I ever gotten lost in a supermarket
Never have I ever forgotten a family member's birthday
Never have I ever broken something at home and blamed a sibling
Never have I ever eaten the last cookie and not told anyone
Never have I ever cried at a family movie night
Never have I ever hidden in another room during a family gathering
Never have I ever been on a family road trip longer than eight hours
Never have I ever had my eyes closed in a family photo
Never have I ever cooked a whole meal for my family
Never have I ever heard my parents sing loudly in the car
Never have I ever worn matching clothes with a family member
Never have I ever been told I look exactly like one of my parents
Never have I ever read a bedtime story to someone younger
Never have I ever helped a grandparent set up their phone
Never have I ever gotten a haircut from a family member
Never have I ever opened a present meant for someone else
Never have I ever learned a recipe from a grandparent
Never have I ever played a board game with my family that ended in an argument
Never have I ever lost the TV remote for more than a day
Never have I ever set off the smoke alarm while cooking
Never have I ever watched a home video of myself as a baby
Never have I ever stayed at a grandparent's house for a whole week
Never have I ever argued with a sibling over who sits in the front seat
Never have I ever shared a bedroom with a sibling or cousin
Never have I ever been grounded
Never have I ever pretended to be asleep so someone would carry me to bed
Never have I ever made a homemade card for a family member
Never have I ever been on a family camping trip
Never have I ever hidden a gift so well that I forgot where it was
Never have I ever made breakfast in bed for someone in my family
Never have I ever had a family member embarrass me in front of my friends
Never have I ever planned a whole family day out
Never have I ever had a family nickname I did not like
Never have I ever been to a big family reunion
Never have I ever planted a garden with my family
Never have I ever built furniture from a box with a family member
Never have I ever had a sibling tell on me
Never have I ever laughed so hard at the dinner table that I had to leave
Never have I ever argued about which movie to watch for longer than the movie itself
Never have I ever worn a hand-me-down from an older sibling or cousin

School

Never have I ever fallen asleep in class
Never have I ever forgotten my homework and made up an excuse
Never have I ever been sent to the principal's office
Never have I ever gotten a perfect score on a test
Never have I ever copied homework from a friend
Never have I ever been late to school because I overslept
Never have I ever forgotten my lunch at home
Never have I ever lost a shoe at school
Never have I ever been the last one picked for a team
Never have I ever tripped in front of the whole class
Never have I ever had a substitute teacher call me the wrong name
Never have I ever won a school award
Never have I ever been on a school sports team
Never have I ever performed in a school play
Never have I ever forgotten my lines on stage
Never have I ever gone on a school trip to a museum
Never have I ever pretended to finish a book I only half read for school
Never have I ever cried at school
Never have I ever written on my hand so I would not forget something
Never have I ever raised my hand and then forgotten what I wanted to say
Never have I ever studied all night for a test
Never have I ever passed a note in class
Never have I ever been picked as the teacher's helper
Never have I ever run for the school council
Never have I ever worn odd socks to school without noticing
Never have I ever left my homework on the bus
Never have I ever had a teacher read my note out loud to the class
Never have I ever done a whole group project by myself
Never have I ever eaten lunch in the library
Never have I ever had my name spelled wrong on a certificate
Never have I ever forgotten it was a dress-up day at school
Never have I ever been on the school announcements
Never have I ever lost a library book
Never have I ever had detention
Never have I ever been the new kid at school
Never have I ever done my homework on the way to school
Never have I ever gotten the giggles during a school assembly
Never have I ever had the same teacher for more than one year
Never have I ever had a pen explode in my bag
Never have I ever sat in the wrong classroom for a whole lesson

Food

Never have I ever eaten pizza for breakfast
Never have I ever tried sushi
Never have I ever eaten something so spicy that I cried
Never have I ever put ketchup on something really strange
Never have I ever eaten breakfast in bed
Never have I ever burned toast so badly the kitchen smelled for hours
Never have I ever eaten cereal for dinner
Never have I ever dipped fries in a milkshake
Never have I ever eaten a raw onion like an apple
Never have I ever baked a cake from scratch
Never have I ever licked the bowl after baking
Never have I ever eaten something past its expiration date
Never have I ever tried to cook something from a video and failed
Never have I ever bitten into a lemon without making a face
Never have I ever eaten ice cream outside in the snow
Never have I ever eaten a whole bag of chips in one sitting
Never have I ever tried snails or frog legs
Never have I ever baked fresh bread from scratch
Never have I ever spilled a whole glass of juice on myself
Never have I ever eaten the same lunch every day for a week
Never have I ever ordered a dish I could not pronounce
Never have I ever eaten pineapple on pizza
Never have I ever hidden a snack so nobody else would eat it
Never have I ever picked all the raisins out of something
Never have I ever taken food off someone else's plate without asking
Never have I ever had a meal that was only dessert
Never have I ever tried durian
Never have I ever eaten something without knowing what it was
Never have I ever grown my own vegetables
Never have I ever eaten a whole meal standing up in the kitchen
Never have I ever made a sandwich with more than ten fillings
Never have I ever eaten soup with a fork
Never have I ever made popcorn on the stove
Never have I ever dropped my ice cream right after I got it
Never have I ever eaten peanut butter straight from the jar
Never have I ever hated a food as a kid that I now love
Never have I ever given up on chopsticks halfway through a meal
Never have I ever made pancakes in a funny shape
Never have I ever tried a fruit I had never heard of
Never have I ever eaten a meal in total darkness

Travel

Never have I ever been on a plane
Never have I ever missed a flight or a train
Never have I ever fallen asleep on a bus and missed my stop
Never have I ever been to another country
Never have I ever lost my luggage
Never have I ever been seasick
Never have I ever swum in the ocean
Never have I ever slept in a tent
Never have I ever slept in an airport
Never have I ever gotten lost in a new city
Never have I ever tried to speak another language on a trip
Never have I ever visited a theme park
Never have I ever seen snow falling
Never have I ever been on a boat
Never have I ever been on a train for more than five hours
Never have I ever forgotten to pack something important
Never have I ever had to repack my suitcase at the airport because it was too heavy
Never have I ever swum in a lake
Never have I ever climbed a mountain
Never have I ever seen a famous landmark in real life
Never have I ever traveled somewhere on my own
Never have I ever stayed in a hotel with a pool
Never have I ever gotten sunburned on vacation
Never have I ever ridden a camel
Never have I ever seen a desert
Never have I ever been in a city where I could not read any of the signs
Never have I ever bought a souvenir I never used
Never have I ever sent a postcard
Never have I ever taken a night bus or a night train
Never have I ever taken more than 500 photos on one trip
Never have I ever crossed a border by car
Never have I ever seen a volcano
Never have I ever slept in a car on a road trip
Never have I ever been in a hot air balloon
Never have I ever lost my passport
Never have I ever walked more than 20,000 steps in a day of sightseeing
Never have I ever been on a cruise
Never have I ever visited a place where I was the only tourist
Never have I ever gone on vacation and not wanted to come home
Never have I ever eaten a whole meal at an airport gate

Funny

Never have I ever laughed so hard that I snorted
Never have I ever waved at someone who was waving at someone else
Never have I ever walked into a glass door
Never have I ever said "you too" when someone said "happy birthday"
Never have I ever talked to my pet in a baby voice
Never have I ever tripped over nothing at all
Never have I ever sung loudly in the car with the windows down
Never have I ever danced in front of the mirror
Never have I ever pushed a door that said pull
Never have I ever laughed at my own joke before I finished it
Never have I ever forgotten someone's name right after they told me
Never have I ever gotten my head stuck in a sweater
Never have I ever put salt in my tea or coffee instead of sugar
Never have I ever put the cereal in the fridge and the milk in the cupboard
Never have I ever looked for my glasses while wearing them
Never have I ever said hello to a stranger I thought was someone I knew
Never have I ever sneezed more than ten times in a row
Never have I ever fallen off a chair
Never have I ever waited for a door to open by itself when it was not automatic
Never have I ever gotten hiccups at the worst possible time
Never have I ever tried to whistle and failed completely
Never have I ever been scared by my own reflection
Never have I ever left the house wearing two different shoes
Never have I ever laughed at a joke I did not understand
Never have I ever made up a song about my pet
Never have I ever argued with a self-checkout machine
Never have I ever sat on my own glasses
Never have I ever taken a photo of my own thumb by accident
Never have I ever tried to blow out trick birthday candles
Never have I ever worn my shirt inside out all day
Never have I ever clapped when a plane landed
Never have I ever lost a staring contest to a pet
Never have I ever said "please" and "thank you" to a voice assistant
Never have I ever forgotten why I walked into a room
Never have I ever answered "here" when nobody had called my name
Never have I ever tried a cartwheel and landed flat
Never have I ever had a song stuck in my head for a whole week
Never have I ever made a strange noise while stretching
Never have I ever laughed so much that I cried
Never have I ever talked to a plant

Embarrassing

Never have I ever called a teacher "mom" or "dad"
Never have I ever had my stomach growl loudly in a silent room
Never have I ever sent a voice message by accident
Never have I ever had food stuck in my teeth all day and nobody told me
Never have I ever been caught singing by a neighbor
Never have I ever walked around all day with a price tag still on my clothes
Never have I ever tripped on a stage
Never have I ever been caught daydreaming and answered the wrong question
Never have I ever answered a question that was meant for someone else
Never have I ever said a word wrong in front of a whole room
Never have I ever had a parent show my baby photos to a friend
Never have I ever gotten stuck in a revolving door
Never have I ever sung the wrong words loudly at a concert
Never have I ever been caught talking about someone who was standing right behind me
Never have I ever slipped on a wet floor in a shop
Never have I ever had my phone ring at full volume in a movie theater or a library
Never have I ever clapped at the wrong moment
Never have I ever been the only one dressed up at a party
Never have I ever gotten on the wrong bus and only noticed a few stops later
Never have I ever had a friend read out an old diary entry of mine
Never have I ever been caught practicing a speech in the mirror
Never have I ever tried to look cool and fallen over
Never have I ever accidentally spat food while laughing
Never have I ever burped in a quiet room
Never have I ever been called by the wrong name for months and never corrected it
Never have I ever said goodbye to someone and then walked off in the same direction
Never have I ever held a door for someone who was still very far away
Never have I ever sat in someone else's seat at an event
Never have I ever been shown on the big screen at a sports game
Never have I ever had something on my face for a whole meeting and nobody said a thing
Never have I ever worn a costume to an event that was not a costume party
Never have I ever asked someone to repeat themselves three times and then just laughed
Never have I ever gotten locked out of my home in my pajamas
Never have I ever had my voice crack in the middle of a speech
Never have I ever pretended to know a famous person I had never heard of
Never have I ever cheered for the wrong team at a game
Never have I ever had to explain why I was talking to myself in public
Never have I ever had my name called for a prize and walked up when it was someone else's
Never have I ever said "you are welcome" when nobody had thanked me
Never have I ever gone to the wrong house for a party

Tech & phones

Never have I ever dropped my phone on my face in bed
Never have I ever sent a message to the wrong group chat
Never have I ever liked a really old photo by accident while scrolling
Never have I ever cracked my phone screen
Never have I ever stayed up all night watching videos
Never have I ever had more than eight hours of screen time in a day
Never have I ever fixed a computer by turning it off and on again
Never have I ever forgotten my own password more than three times in a week
Never have I ever dropped my phone in water
Never have I ever looked for my phone while I was talking on it
Never have I ever had more than 1,000 unread emails
Never have I ever watched a whole tutorial and still could not do it
Never have I ever sent a voice message longer than five minutes
Never have I ever left a group chat because it was too noisy
Never have I ever answered a video call with the camera on by accident
Never have I ever pretended my battery died to end a call
Never have I ever taken more than 50 selfies to get one good one
Never have I ever used a filter so strong that I looked like someone else
Never have I ever played a phone game for more than three hours straight
Never have I ever named my wifi network something funny
Never have I ever read the terms and conditions all the way through
Never have I ever spent more than an hour picking a profile picture
Never have I ever muted a group chat for a whole year
Never have I ever gone a full day without my phone
Never have I ever typed a long message and lost the whole thing
Never have I ever unsubscribed from a hundred emails in one go
Never have I ever watched a video at double speed
Never have I ever asked a voice assistant a silly question just to hear the answer
Never have I ever joined a video call from bed
Never have I ever made a playlist for a single car ride
Never have I ever spent money on an in-game item
Never have I ever bought something online in the middle of the night
Never have I ever used my phone's calculator for very simple math
Never have I ever been tagged in a photo I did not like
Never have I ever deleted an app to stop using it and downloaded it again the next day
Never have I ever walked into something while looking at my phone
Never have I ever charged my phone to 100 percent and still run out by lunch
Never have I ever had my phone autocorrect my own name
Never have I ever sent the wrong emoji and made things awkward
Never have I ever used dark mode on every app I own

Work

Never have I ever had a job interview over video
Never have I ever worn pajama bottoms on a video call
Never have I ever been late on my first day at a new job
Never have I ever hit reply all by accident
Never have I ever forgotten a meeting I set up myself
Never have I ever fallen asleep in a meeting
Never have I ever nodded along to a word in a meeting that I did not understand
Never have I ever quit a job after one day
Never have I ever worked a weekend job
Never have I ever eaten someone else's lunch from the work fridge by mistake
Never have I ever sent an email and forgotten the attachment
Never have I ever cried at work
Never have I ever been mistaken for the boss
Never have I ever had a boss who was younger than me
Never have I ever worked from a café for a whole day
Never have I ever been the only one in a meeting with my camera on
Never have I ever volunteered for a task just to look busy
Never have I ever worked more than 12 hours in one day
Never have I ever made up a meeting to get out of something
Never have I ever gone to a job interview for a job I did not want
Never have I ever talked for a whole minute on mute
Never have I ever left work early and hoped nobody noticed
Never have I ever had a nickname at work
Never have I ever worked in a restaurant or a shop
Never have I ever been employee of the month
Never have I ever let a desk plant die
Never have I ever brought homemade food to share at work
Never have I ever forgotten I was sharing my screen
Never have I ever taken a work call while walking the dog
Never have I ever organized a work event
Never have I ever gotten locked out of my work account
Never have I ever given a presentation with no slides
Never have I ever applied for a job without reading the full description
Never have I ever been the person everyone asks to fix the printer
Never have I ever made coffee for the whole office
Never have I ever napped during my lunch break
Never have I ever been the last person to leave the office
Never have I ever changed careers
Never have I ever worked for a family member
Never have I ever sat through a meeting that could have been an email

FAQ

How do you play never have I ever?

Everyone holds up five fingers. One person reads a statement that starts with "Never have I ever". Anyone who has done that thing puts one finger down. When you run out of fingers, you are out. The last player with fingers up wins.

How many people do you need for never have I ever?

Three or more is best, and it works well with up to about twelve. With two people it still works as a getting-to-know-you game, but the fun comes from seeing who puts a finger down.

What are good never have I ever questions for kids?

Pick the Kids, Family, Food and Funny categories. They ask about things like building a blanket fort, eating dessert before dinner or jumping in puddles, so most kids will have a story to share.

How do you win never have I ever?

The last player with at least one life left wins. On this page each player starts with 5 lives, and the game counts them for you. If you would rather not have a winner, skip the lives and just share stories.

Can you play never have I ever at work or in class?

Yes. The School, Work and Tech & phones categories are written for mixed groups. They are about meetings, homework and phones, not private life, so they make a safe icebreaker for a team or a classroom.

Is this version clean?

Yes. Every statement is family friendly. Nothing on the list is anything you would not say in front of a teacher or a grandparent.

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