Never Have I Ever Questions for Friends: 70 for Best Friends, New Friends and Group Nights

The best Never Have I Ever questions for friends are the ones only your group can make awkward: shared trips, group chats, old crushes, the night everyone still talks about. Start light ("Never have I ever muted our group chat"), move to stories ("Never have I ever lied to get out of plans with someone in this room") and finish with the questions best friends secretly want to ask. Below are 70, grouped for best friends, new friends, college groups, girls' and guys' nights and online play. Nothing here is 18+; for that, see the spicy list linked at the end.

How to play Never Have I Ever with friends

Everyone holds up ten fingers. Take turns saying something you have never done, starting with "Never have I ever…". Anyone who has done it folds a finger (or takes a sip). The last person with fingers up wins.

Two house rules make it better with friends:

• The story rule. If only one person folds, they owe the group the story, in 60 seconds or less.
• The pass rule. Everyone gets one pass per game, no questions asked. It keeps the game fun instead of mean.

Never have I ever questions for best friends (15)

These are about your friendship itself. Save them for people who already know most of your secrets.

• Never have I ever kept a secret from someone in this room for more than a year.
• Never have I ever been jealous of a friend's new friend.
• Never have I ever read a friend's message over their shoulder.
• Never have I ever pretended to like a friend's partner.
• Never have I ever told someone else a story a friend told me in confidence.
• Never have I ever cancelled on a friend and then gone out with someone else.
• Never have I ever been closer to a friend's family than my own for a while.
• Never have I ever borrowed clothes from a friend and never given them back.
• Never have I ever cried in a friend's car.
• Never have I ever stalked a friend's ex online.
• Never have I ever screenshotted something a friend said to show someone else.
• Never have I ever forgotten a best friend's birthday until the day after.
• Never have I ever wanted to set up two friends who would hate each other.
• Never have I ever been the reason a friend got in trouble with their parents.
• Never have I ever thought about what I'd say at a friend's wedding.

Never have I ever questions for new friends (12)

Light, safe and good for learning about each other. Nobody gets embarrassed in front of people they just met.

• Never have I ever been on a plane for more than 10 hours.
• Never have I ever moved to a city where I didn't know anyone.
• Never have I ever met someone famous.
• Never have I ever been in a school play.
• Never have I ever won a competition.
• Never have I ever had a pet that wasn't a cat or a dog.
• Never have I ever learned a language I've since forgotten.
• Never have I ever been to a music festival.
• Never have I ever broken a bone.
• Never have I ever eaten something I couldn't identify.
• Never have I ever stayed up to watch the sunrise.
• Never have I ever had a job I quit in the first week.

Never have I ever questions for a group of friends (12)

For the whole crew: group trips, group chats and nights out.

• Never have I ever muted our group chat.
• Never have I ever made a second group chat without someone in this room.
• Never have I ever left a group trip early.
• Never have I ever paid less than my share of a group bill on purpose.
• Never have I ever been the last one awake at a sleepover.
• Never have I ever lied to get out of plans with someone here.
• Never have I ever taken a photo of the group that I never posted because I looked best in it.
• Never have I ever got lost on the way home from a night out.
• Never have I ever pretended to be asleep to avoid a conversation.
• Never have I ever been the designated driver and secretly loved it.
• Never have I ever planned a surprise that went completely wrong.
• Never have I ever fallen asleep at someone else's party.

Never have I ever questions for college friends (10)

• Never have I ever submitted an assignment one minute before the deadline.
• Never have I ever gone to a class I wasn't enrolled in.
• Never have I ever lived on cereal for a whole week.
• Never have I ever had a crush on a teaching assistant.
• Never have I ever pulled an all-nighter and still failed.
• Never have I ever stolen food from a shared fridge.
• Never have I ever skipped a lecture to sleep.
• Never have I ever changed my major or seriously thought about it.
• Never have I ever written an essay about a book I didn't read.
• Never have I ever set off the fire alarm in halls.

Never have I ever questions for girls' or guys' night (11)

• Never have I ever texted an ex after a night out with you lot.
• Never have I ever asked the group chat to approve a text before sending it.
• Never have I ever cut my own hair after a breakup.
• Never have I ever taken a friend's side in a breakup I secretly thought was their fault.
• Never have I ever faked a phone call to escape a date.
• Never have I ever kept an outfit's tags on so I could return it.
• Never have I ever given relationship advice I didn't follow myself.
• Never have I ever gone through someone's phone.
• Never have I ever cried at a film and denied it.
• Never have I ever hidden a relationship from my friends.
• Never have I ever been jealous of someone in this room.

Never have I ever questions for friends over text or video call (10)

Send one per message in the group chat, or read them on a call and react with ✋ for "I have".

• Never have I ever typed a message about someone to that same person.
• Never have I ever left someone on read for a week.
• Never have I ever had a video call in pyjama bottoms.
• Never have I ever pretended my connection was bad to end a call.
• Never have I ever deleted a post because it didn't get enough likes.
• Never have I ever replied "haha" without laughing.
• Never have I ever had a spam account.
• Never have I ever watched someone's story from a friend's phone.
• Never have I ever sent a voice note longer than five minutes.
• Never have I ever had a friendship that only exists online.

For a full online setup (calls, group chats, playing across time zones), see how to play Never Have I Ever online.

Tips for a better game with friends

• Read the room. A question that's funny among best friends can be cruel if one person is new. Start with the new-friends list when the group is mixed.
• No targeting. "Never have I ever dated Sam's ex" with Sam in the room isn't a question, it's an attack. Keep questions about things anyone could have done.
• Mix in laughs. Every few deep questions, throw in one from our funny Never Have I Ever questions.
• Switch games. When the stories dry up, move to truth or dare questions for friends.

Adults-only groups who want it hotter can use our spicy Never Have I Ever questions.

Play it on one phone

If nobody wants to read from a list, Never Have I Ever: Dirty Game, our app for Android, deals the cards for you: 2,097 questions in 25 decks, in 6 languages, offline. The Icebreaker and Funny decks are free. The friend-group decks (Friends, College Chaos, Girls' Night, Social Chaos, Wanderlust) and the 18+ ones open with a one-time unlock. Pass the phone around, tap for the next card, and nobody repeats a question.

Common questions

What are good Never Have I Ever questions for friends?
Questions about shared life work best: "Never have I ever muted our group chat", "Never have I ever kept a secret from someone in this room", "Never have I ever lied to get out of plans with someone here".

How do you play Never Have I Ever with friends?
Everyone holds up ten fingers. Take turns saying something you've never done; anyone who has done it folds a finger. The last person with fingers up wins.

What are good questions for new friends?
Keep it light: travel, jobs, pets, school plays, festivals. "Never have I ever moved to a city where I didn't know anyone" gets stories without embarrassing anyone.

Can you play Never Have I Ever with just two friends?
Yes. With two, skip the fingers and use the story rule: whoever has done it tells the story. It turns into a great catch-up.

Is there an app for Never Have I Ever with friends?
Never Have I Ever: Dirty Game on Android has 2,097 questions in 25 decks. Icebreaker and Funny are free; Friends, College Chaos and Girls' Night open with a one-time unlock. It works offline in 6 languages.