Never have I ever answered "here" to someone else's name at roll call.
Never have I ever caught a sleeve, a bag strap or a belt loop on a door handle.
Never have I ever cheered for the wrong player because the uniforms looked alike.
Never have I ever given directions with total confidence and sent someone the wrong way.
Never have I ever gone in for a handshake while the other person went for a hug.
Never have I ever introduced myself to someone I had already met twice.
Never have I ever joined in on "Happy Birthday" and blanked on the name.
Never have I ever kept singing at full volume after the music stopped.
Never have I ever laughed at a joke I did not get, then been asked to explain it.
Never have I ever laughed so hard at my own joke that I could not finish it.
Never have I ever missed my mouth with a full glass of water at a nice dinner.
Never have I ever nodded along to directions and remembered none of them.
Never have I ever pretended to recognize someone and then had to keep it up.
Never have I ever reached the front of a line and found my wallet was at home.
Never have I ever rehearsed a sentence in my head and still said it wrong out loud.
Never have I ever said "good morning" in the middle of the afternoon.
Never have I ever said "love you" by reflex to a teacher, a boss or a cashier.
Never have I ever said "what?" three times and then just nodded.
Never have I ever sat through a whole class or meeting with a sticker still on my clothes.
Never have I ever stepped on a rake, a toy or a hose in a way worthy of a cartoon.
Never have I ever taken a bow for applause that was meant for someone else.
Never have I ever taken the wrong seat on a plane or at a show and been asked to move.
Never have I ever told a story to the very person who told it to me first.
Never have I ever turned around on a sidewalk and faked checking the time to cover it.
Never have I ever walked into a silent room in very squeaky shoes.
Weird and oddly specific 25
Never have I ever alphabetized my books, spices or games for fun.
Never have I ever apologized to a piece of furniture I bumped into.
Never have I ever eaten the same lunch every day for a month.
Never have I ever felt sorry for the last item on a shelf and bought it.
Never have I ever had a lucky pen, shirt or seat that I truly believed in.
Never have I ever held a funeral for a goldfish, a toy or a plant.
Never have I ever invented a handshake with more than five steps.
Never have I ever kept a diary in a code I invented and then forgotten the code.
Never have I ever kept a jar of something pointless, like bread clips or pencil stubs.
Never have I ever lifted my feet in the car while crossing railroad tracks.
Never have I ever made up a whole life story for someone sitting across a cafe.
Never have I ever named a car, a bike or a houseplant.
Never have I ever narrated my own day out loud like a nature show.
Never have I ever picked a checkout line and then timed it against the other one.
Never have I ever practiced an acceptance speech for an award that does not exist.
Never have I ever pressed an elevator button again to make it hurry.
Never have I ever saved a nice box because it was too good to throw away.
Never have I ever set a clock a few minutes fast to fool myself.
Never have I ever smelled a new book before reading it.
Never have I ever sorted candy by color before eating any of it.
Never have I ever spoken in a made-up accent for a full day.
Never have I ever tried to move something with my mind, just to check.
Never have I ever waved goodbye to a house, a car or a hotel room.
Never have I ever won an argument in the shower, hours after the real one ended.
Never have I ever written my signature over and over to pick the best version.
Interesting feats 25
Never have I ever been an extra in a film or a music video.
Never have I ever been inside a cave deep enough to lose all daylight.
Never have I ever been picked from an audience to go up on stage.
Never have I ever caught a foul ball, a bouquet or a T-shirt fired into a crowd.
Never have I ever crossed the equator or the Arctic Circle.
Never have I ever flown a kite until the string ran out.
Never have I ever flown in a plane with fewer than ten seats.
Never have I ever found a fossil.
Never have I ever had a sandwich, a recipe or a house rule named after me.
Never have I ever had a whole conversation in sign language.
Never have I ever had my name or photo printed in a newspaper.
Never have I ever met someone with my exact first and last name.
Never have I ever planted a tree that is now taller than me.
Never have I ever ridden in a fire engine, a tractor or a sidecar.
Never have I ever seen a double rainbow from end to end.
Never have I ever seen a total solar eclipse.
Never have I ever seen a volcano that was steaming or glowing.
Never have I ever seen my own house from a plane window.
Never have I ever spent a night in a lighthouse, a castle or a houseboat.
Never have I ever spotted a four-leaf clover myself.
Never have I ever stood in two countries, states or counties at the same moment.
Never have I ever stood on a glacier.
Never have I ever taken apart a clock or a radio and gotten it working again.
Never have I ever watched a rocket launch with my own eyes.
Never have I ever won a raffle, a door prize or a radio contest.
School and college 25
Never have I ever changed my major or my whole plan after one good class.
Never have I ever color-coded my notes and still not read them.
Never have I ever cooked a whole meal with only a microwave and a kettle.
Never have I ever decorated a graduation cap.
Never have I ever done laundry only because I ran out of socks.
Never have I ever eaten instant noodles three nights in a row.
Never have I ever felt robbed when someone took my unassigned seat in class.
Never have I ever gotten lost on campus in my second year.
Never have I ever highlighted so much of a page that nothing stood out.
Never have I ever joined a club at a fair and never gone to a single meeting.
Never have I ever kept in touch with a teacher years after leaving.
Never have I ever learned more from a classmate's notes than from the lecture.
Never have I ever lived with a roommate who labeled their food.
Never have I ever made every slide for a group project by myself.
Never have I ever picked a class only because it started after ten.
Never have I ever set five alarms for one early exam.
Never have I ever shown up for an exam on the wrong day.
Never have I ever stayed in a library until closing and been asked to leave.
Never have I ever stayed up all night studying and then slept through the class.
Never have I ever stretched an essay to the word count with very long quotes.
Never have I ever studied the wrong chapter for a test.
Never have I ever submitted the wrong file and noticed after the deadline.
Never have I ever taken a class in something unusual, like fencing or ancient myths.
Never have I ever turned in an assignment with one minute to spare.
Never have I ever tutored a classmate or run a study group.
Work-appropriate 25
Never have I ever been the one who organizes the card that everyone signs.
Never have I ever eaten lunch at my desk five days in a row.
Never have I ever forgotten a coworker's name after months of working together.
Never have I ever gotten stuck in a revolving door, a turnstile or a badge gate.
Never have I ever had a favorite mug at work and felt wronged when someone used it.
Never have I ever had a job title I could not explain to my family.
Never have I ever had a pet or a child wander into a video meeting.
Never have I ever interviewed someone for a job.
Never have I ever learned a coworker's name from their email signature.
Never have I ever learned a spreadsheet trick and felt like a wizard.
Never have I ever named a file "final" and then made "final 2".
Never have I ever printed on the wrong printer and gone hunting for the pages.
Never have I ever rehearsed a two-line update as if it were a speech.
Never have I ever said "see you tomorrow" on a Friday.
Never have I ever said "you're on mute" more than three times in one meeting.
Never have I ever sat in a meeting that could have been two sentences.
Never have I ever stayed with one employer for more than ten years.
Never have I ever taken notes in a meeting and never looked at them again.
Never have I ever used a whiteboard marker that turned out to be permanent.
Never have I ever used a word like "synergy" with a straight face.
Never have I ever waved at the end of a video call like I was leaving on a boat.
Never have I ever worked a holiday shift.
Never have I ever worked a job where I wore a name tag.
Never have I ever worked from a kitchen table, a closet or an ironing board.
Never have I ever written a whole email, deleted it and walked over instead.
Party and game night 25
Never have I ever arrived at a party on time and been the first one there.
Never have I ever been accused of bluffing in a game when I was innocent.
Never have I ever been stuck beside the snack table for a whole party.
Never have I ever been to a party where I knew only the host.
Never have I ever broken a piñata open with my own swing.
Never have I ever brought a dish to a potluck that came home untouched.
Never have I ever brought the dish that vanished first at a potluck.
Never have I ever gone home from a gift swap with the gift I brought.
Never have I ever guessed the number of sweets in a jar and won.
Never have I ever kept score for a game and been accused of fixing it.
Never have I ever learned a whole dance routine for one party.
Never have I ever left a party without saying goodbye to anyone.
Never have I ever lit birthday candles that would not blow out.
Never have I ever made a party playlist and watched someone else change it.
Never have I ever planned a party game that nobody wanted to play.
Never have I ever popped a balloon by accident and made the whole room jump.
Never have I ever read the rules out loud while everyone else talked over me.
Never have I ever spent most of a party with the host's dog or cat.
Never have I ever stayed to help clean up after a party.
Never have I ever sung karaoke in front of a full room.
Never have I ever taken a group photo that needed more than ten tries.
Never have I ever thrown a birthday party for a pet.
Never have I ever won a game I had learned five minutes earlier.
Never have I ever won at charades with a truly terrible clue.
Never have I ever worn a paper crown or a party hat for an entire evening.
Travel 25
Never have I ever come home from a trip with more luggage than I left with.
Never have I ever eaten a picnic in the car because of rain.
Never have I ever eaten breakfast, lunch and dinner in three different towns.
Never have I ever fallen asleep on a bus or a train and woken up past my stop.
Never have I ever gone far from home and met someone from my own town.
Never have I ever gotten a window seat and slept through the whole view.
Never have I ever kept a travel journal for a whole trip.
Never have I ever learned ten words of a language just for one trip.
Never have I ever packed for a week and worn the same three things.
Never have I ever planned a trip by the hour and dropped the plan on day one.
Never have I ever ridden a cable car, a funicular or a chairlift in summer.
Never have I ever sat on a plane that circled the airport for an extra half hour.
Never have I ever sent a postcard that arrived after I got home.
Never have I ever slept overnight in an airport or a station.
Never have I ever sprinted through an airport with my shoes half on.
Never have I ever stayed in a hotel room with a view of a wall.
Never have I ever stayed somewhere so quiet that I could not fall asleep.
Never have I ever stood in line over an hour for a view, a ride or a famous snack.
Never have I ever taken a ferry with a car on board.
Never have I ever taken a guided tour and been the only one on it.
Never have I ever taken a wrong exit and ended up somewhere better.
Never have I ever traveled with someone who wants to be at the gate three hours early.
Never have I ever used hand gestures to explain what I wanted in a shop abroad.
Never have I ever visited a place only because it was in a film or a book.
Never have I ever watched my suitcase come out first at baggage claim.
Food 25
Never have I ever argued about whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
Never have I ever asked for a recipe and never made it.
Never have I ever asked the waiter to choose for me.
Never have I ever blown on hot food, tasted it and burned my tongue anyway.
Never have I ever bought an ingredient for one recipe and found it again a year later.
Never have I ever burned rice, pasta or something else that is mostly water.
Never have I ever cracked an egg with one hand and kept the shell out of the bowl.
Never have I ever eaten birthday cake for breakfast the next day.
Never have I ever eaten dinner standing at the kitchen counter.
Never have I ever followed a recipe and then changed half of it.
Never have I ever gone back for thirds.
Never have I ever grown herbs on a windowsill.
Never have I ever judged a chili, pie or cookie contest.
Never have I ever made a meal entirely from what was left in the fridge.
Never have I ever made jam, pickles or preserves myself.
Never have I ever made pasta, dumplings or tortillas from scratch.
Never have I ever ordered the same thing at one restaurant for years.
Never have I ever owned a kitchen gadget that does exactly one thing.
Never have I ever packed a picnic and forgotten the one thing everyone wanted.
Never have I ever peeled an orange in one piece.
Never have I ever poured a bowl of cereal and then found there was no milk.
Never have I ever put salt in something that needed sugar.
Never have I ever saved the best bite for last and had someone take it.
Never have I ever shared one dessert with four spoons.
Never have I ever tried every flavor at an ice cream counter and then chosen vanilla.
Home life 25
Never have I ever argued over the thermostat.
Never have I ever assembled something, stepped back and seen it was upside down.
Never have I ever borrowed a ladder, a drill or a cup of sugar from next door.
Never have I ever changed my mind about a paint color halfway across the wall.
Never have I ever cleaned the whole house because guests were ten minutes away.
Never have I ever fixed a squeaky door and felt like a professional.
Never have I ever folded a fitted sheet neatly.
Never have I ever gotten a sofa stuck on the turn of a staircase.
Never have I ever had a favorite burner on the stove.
Never have I ever had a seat at the table that everyone knows is mine.
Never have I ever heard a noise at night and blamed the fridge.
Never have I ever hidden clutter in the oven, the bath or the car before visitors came.
Never have I ever kept a gift on display only when the giver visits.
Never have I ever kept a manual for an appliance I no longer own.
Never have I ever kept holiday lights up until spring.
Never have I ever known a neighbor only by their dog's name.
Never have I ever lived with someone whose alarm woke everyone except them.
Never have I ever loaded a dishwasher and had someone reload it.
Never have I ever lost one sock and kept the other for a year, just in case.
Never have I ever measured a space, bought the thing and found it did not fit.
Never have I ever needed more than three nail holes to hang one picture level.
Never have I ever owned a drawer of nothing but cables, keys and mystery parts.
Never have I ever slept on the sofa even though the bed was free.
Never have I ever unpacked the last moving box more than a year after the move.
Never have I ever watered a plant that turned out to be plastic.
Outdoors and sport 25
Never have I ever been caught in the rain with no coat and decided to enjoy it.
Never have I ever built a snowman taller than me.
Never have I ever carried a dog home because it sat down and would not budge.
Never have I ever climbed a tree taller than the roof of a house.
Never have I ever done a cartwheel in the last year.
Never have I ever gone down a slide that was clearly built for someone smaller.
Never have I ever gone sledding on something that was not a sled.
Never have I ever gotten a kite, a ball or a flying disc stuck in a tree.
Never have I ever gotten up early to watch a sunrise on purpose.
Never have I ever grown a sunflower taller than me.
Never have I ever identified a bird by its song alone.
Never have I ever jumped in a puddle on purpose as an adult.
Never have I ever lain on the grass finding shapes in the clouds as an adult.
Never have I ever lit a campfire with a single match.
Never have I ever pitched a tent in the dark.
Never have I ever played a full eighteen holes of golf.
Never have I ever played a sport in the rain until the game was called off.
Never have I ever played catch until it was too dark to see the ball.
Never have I ever rolled down a grassy hill as an adult.
Never have I ever rowed a boat in a circle by accident.
Never have I ever skipped a stone more than five times.
Never have I ever stood under a waterfall.
Never have I ever taken up running for exactly one week.
Never have I ever walked a trail and turned back before the top.
Never have I ever walked more than thirty thousand steps in one day.
How it works
Never have I ever is played on fingers, not with drinks: hold up ten and drop one for each thing you have done. The best never have I ever questions with friends split the room. All 250 statements are clean and written for adults.
Read the full guide
A finger down for every card that fits you
Everybody holds up ten fingers; five halves the game. The reader says the card, and each player it is true of drops a finger, the reader too. Next card, then the phone moves one seat left. Two optional house rules: a card that fits nobody costs the reader a finger, and a card that fits one player alone earns the room that player's story.
What makes a card work, and where to find it
Medium cards split the room, Easy drops nearly every finger, and Hard catches one or two players. Interesting feats holds rare ones: never have I ever found a fossil. Weird and oddly specific: never have I ever apologized to a piece of furniture I bumped into. Embarrassing moments stays small: a handshake that met a hug.
On a video call fingers are hard to count: each player types the number left in the chat.
Party and game night holds cards a guest can answer in front of anyone, paper crowns and potluck flops included.
With college friends, pick School and college: never have I ever set five alarms for one early exam.
Questions and answers
Which never have I ever questions suit the workplace?
The 25 in Work-appropriate, about meetings, mugs and printers, and a whole deck of 80 for work. The rest of this deck is clean too: nothing sexual or romantic, no drinking, drugs or breaking a law.
Does never have I ever have a winner?
Not officially: Wikipedia's article on the game names none. One house rule crowns whoever still has a finger raised when the rest are out. Another stops after one group of 25 cards, and the player with the most fingers left picks the next game.
Can I see the whole never have I ever questions list?
Yes. The list under the card reads ahead, group by group. Print, on the end card, gives slips, up to 120 at a time. Pick a topic such as Travel to deal only from it, or stay on All to mix all ten.