Truth or Dare Questions for Friends: Funny, Juicy and Deep (100+)

The best truth or dare questions for friends are the ones that get a laugh or a story, not an awkward silence: “What is the most embarrassing thing you have done in front of a crush?”, “Which friend here would survive longest in a zombie film?”, or a dare like “Let the group write your next Instagram caption.” Below are 100+ of them, sorted into funny truths, juicy truths, deep questions for best friends, dares for a sleepover or house party, and lines that work over call or text. Everything here is friend-group safe; for the 18+ version, see our dirty truth or dare questions.

How to play truth or dare with friends

Sit in a circle. The first player asks someone “Truth or dare?”, they choose, and the asker gives them a question or a challenge. Whoever just answered asks next. That is the whole game, but a few house rules keep it fun:

• One skip each. Anyone can pass once per game, no explanation needed.
• Ask it back. If you ask a truth, you may have to answer it yourself next round. It keeps the questions fair.
• What happens in the circle stays there. No screenshots, no posting, no repeating answers to people who were not playing.

Funny truth questions for friends

1. What is the most embarrassing thing you have done in front of a crush?
2. What is the weirdest food combination you secretly love?
3. Which song do you know every word to but would never admit?
4. What is the dumbest way you have ever hurt yourself?
5. Who in this group would survive longest in a zombie film, and who goes first?
6. What is the strangest thing you have ever said in your sleep (that you know of)?
7. What is the worst haircut you have ever had?
8. Have you ever waved back at someone who was not waving at you?
9. What is the most childish thing in your bedroom right now?
10. If you were a reality show contestant, what would be your villain moment?
11. What is the worst gift you have ever pretended to love?
12. What is the longest you have gone without washing your bedsheets?
13. What is your most irrational fear?
14. Which app do you open first in the morning, and how long do you stay on it?
15. What is the most money you have wasted on something useless?
16. What would your autobiography be called?
17. Who in this group would be the worst roommate?
18. What is something you were confidently wrong about for years?
19. What is the cringiest username you have ever had?
20. If your life had a laugh track, which moment this week would get the biggest laugh?

Juicy truth questions for friends

Juicy, not dirty: secrets, crushes and friend-group drama. Good once everyone is warmed up.

1. Who was your first crush, and did they ever find out?
2. Have you ever read someone's messages over their shoulder?
3. Which friend's ex did you secretly like more than the friend did?
4. What is the biggest lie you told your parents that they still believe?
5. Who in this room have you been most jealous of, and why?
6. Have you ever stalked an ex's new partner online? How far back did you scroll?
7. What is a group-chat message you sent and immediately regretted?
8. Have you ever pretended to be sick to get out of plans with someone here?
9. What is something you have never told your best friend?
10. Who is the last person you searched for on social media?
11. Have you ever had a crush on a teacher or a boss?
12. What is the pettiest thing you have done after an argument?
13. Have you ever re-gifted something to someone in this group?
14. Who here would you call first if you needed to hide something?
15. What is the worst thing you have said about someone behind their back?
16. Is there someone you still think about way more than you should?
17. Have you ever liked an old photo by accident while scrolling someone's profile?
18. What rumour about you was actually true?
19. Which friendship here would you save first in a fire drill?
20. What is the most dramatic text you have ever drafted but did not send?

Deep truth questions for best friends

For a smaller group or the late part of the night, when people want to talk properly.

1. When did you feel most proud of yourself this year?
2. What is something you wish people asked you about more?
3. What did you think of me the first time we met?
4. What is a moment you needed a friend and did not ask?
5. What is a fear you have about the next five years?
6. Which version of yourself do you miss?
7. What is one thing you would change about how our friendship started?
8. What is the best advice anyone in this room has given you?
9. What is something you have forgiven but not forgotten?
10. When was the last time you cried, and what about?
11. What would you do if you knew nobody would judge you?
12. What is a compliment you got once and still remember?
13. Which friend here do you think understands you best?
14. What is something you are still trying to prove to yourself?
15. If we stopped talking tomorrow, what would you want me to know?

Dares for friends (sleepover and house party)

1. Let the group write your next Instagram caption, and post it with any photo you choose.
2. Speak in a sports-commentator voice until your next turn.
3. Do your best impression of someone in this room until they guess who it is.
4. Call a family member and ask a ridiculous question with a straight face.
5. Eat a spoonful of a condiment the group picks.
6. Show the last five photos in your camera roll (you may hide one).
7. Let someone else style your hair, and keep it for the rest of the game.
8. Do a dramatic reading of the last text you received.
9. Sing the chorus of a song the group picks, as an opera.
10. Hold a plank until it is your turn again.
11. Wear your socks on your hands for three rounds.
12. Text a friend not in the room “I know what you did” and do not reply for ten minutes.
13. Let the group choose your phone wallpaper for 24 hours.
14. Do a 30-second stand-up routine about the person on your left.
15. Talk without using the letter S until your next turn. Every slip is a penalty.
16. Do a slow-motion replay of how you fell over last time you fell over.
17. Swap phones with the person opposite you for one round. Look, do not touch.
18. Let the group order a drink or snack for you, and you must finish it.
19. Make up a rap about the snacks on the table.
20. Give everyone in the room a new nickname. They stick until the end of the night.

Truth or dare questions for friends over text or call

For long-distance friends, video calls or a group chat. Dares need to be things you can prove with a photo, a voice note or the camera.

1. Truth: send the most recent screenshot on your phone, no context.
2. Truth: what is the last thing you searched for?
3. Truth: who was the last person you sent a voice note to, and what was it about?
4. Truth: what is the oldest unread message on your phone?
5. Truth: which of our group chats do you mute?
6. Dare: send a voice note singing the first line of the last song you played.
7. Dare: change your display name to something we pick for 24 hours.
8. Dare: take a selfie right now, no retakes, no filters.
9. Dare: send the 20th photo in your camera roll.
10. Dare: on the call, wear the strangest hat-like object in your room until the next turn.
11. Dare: text your mum “I love you” with no explanation and screenshot the reply.
12. Dare: do a room tour in the voice of a nature documentary.

If the group chat goes quiet, swap in a round of funny never have I ever questions; they work over text with a thumbs-up for “I have”.

Play it on one phone instead

Writing questions on paper slips works, but somebody always ends up hosting and nobody plays fair with their own slips. Party Roulette is ours: add the players, spin, and the wheel picks who goes next and whether they get a truth, a dare or a drink, so the phone just passes round the circle. For friends, start with Warm-Up (easy starters, soft dares and light truths) and Truth or Drink (answer honestly or take a sip); both are free. The paid modes add Hot Seat, where one player gets the whole group's questions, Most Likely To, Never Have I Ever, an 18+ After Dark group and a mode where you write your own dares with your group's in-jokes. There are 15 modes in all. More ideas in party games for adults on your phone.

Common questions

What are good truth or dare questions for friends?
Questions that lead to a story: the most embarrassing thing done in front of a crush, the worst gift pretended to be loved, the pettiest move after an argument. Avoid yes or no questions; they end the turn in a second.

What is a juicy truth question to ask a friend?
“What is something you have never told your best friend?” or “What rumour about you was actually true?” are juicy without being sexual, so they work in mixed groups.

How do you play truth or dare over text with friends?
Take turns in the group chat. Truths are answered in text; dares must be proved with a photo, screenshot or voice note, so pick dares that can be sent.

What is a good truth or dare app for friends?
Party Roulette spins a wheel to pick the player and whether they get a truth, a dare or a drink, so nobody has to host. Its Warm-Up and Truth or Drink modes are free.

How do you keep truth or dare from getting awkward?
Agree on one skip each, ask questions you would answer yourself, and keep what is said in the room. Start funny and only move to juicy or deep questions once everyone is relaxed.

Where to start

Open with five funny truths and two easy dares, move to the juicy list after the snacks, and save the deep questions for the two or three friends still awake at 2 am. If nobody wants to be the host, put Party Roulette on Warm-Up and let the wheel do it.