"Never have I ever" is probably the best sleepover game ever invented. These are all clean, so you can play them at a sleepover, a lunch table, a youth group or on a school bus without anyone's parents getting a phone call.

School

Teachers, tests, substitutes, group projects and the cafeteria. A lot of these end in the principal's office.

  1. Never have I ever tipped my chair back and fallen over in class.

  2. Never have I ever called a teacher "Mom" by accident.

  3. Never have I ever thrown away my retainer with my school lunch.

  4. Never have I ever left a joke caption in a project I turned in.

  5. Never have I ever used permanent marker on a classroom whiteboard.

  6. Never have I ever brought home a class pet that escaped in my house.

  7. Never have I ever been caught cheating on a test.

  8. Never have I ever changed into a different outfit at the bus stop.

  9. Never have I ever switched names with a friend to fool a substitute teacher.

  10. Never have I ever sworn out loud in the middle of a silent test.

  11. Never have I ever faked an injury to get out of gym class.

  12. Never have I ever had a teacher read my passed note out loud.

  13. Never have I ever turned in a blank file to get an extension.

  14. Never have I ever paid a classmate to do my homework.

  15. Never have I ever argued for a higher grade and gotten it lowered.

  16. Never have I ever complained about my project partner while they were behind me.

  17. Never have I ever thrown a paper airplane that landed on my teacher's desk.

  18. Never have I ever had my desk moved next to the teacher's mid-class.

  19. Never have I ever laughed while drinking milk and sprayed the cafeteria table.

  20. Never have I ever made the school bus driver pull over because of me.

  21. Never have I ever been caught playing games because I forgot to mute one.

  22. Never have I ever had a teacher confiscate something I borrowed without asking.

  23. Never have I ever snuck an animal into school.

  24. Never have I ever named a quiz team something the teacher refused to announce.

Parents and getting caught

Curfews, chores, siblings and the stories you told about where you were. Some of these your parents still don't know.

  1. Never have I ever been grounded on my own birthday.

  2. Never have I ever flooded the dishwasher by using regular dish soap.

  3. Never have I ever had my parent demonstrate a dance to my friends.

  4. Never have I ever signed my parent's name on something from school.

  5. Never have I ever told my parents I was sleeping at a different friend's house.

  6. Never have I ever had my parents show up at a party to collect me.

  7. Never have I ever snuck out of the house at night.

  8. Never have I ever faked a parent's voice on the phone to the school.

  9. Never have I ever gotten caught sneaking back into the house.

  10. Never have I ever asked one parent after the other said no and gotten caught.

  11. Never have I ever blamed a sibling for something caught on our doorbell camera.

  12. Never have I ever threatened to move out and been offered help packing.

  13. Never have I ever broken something while demonstrating how my sibling broke it.

  14. Never have I ever hidden dirty dishes in my room until they grew mold.

  15. Never have I ever paid a sibling to do my chores and gotten reported.

  16. Never have I ever made a face behind a parent who saw the reflection.

  17. Never have I ever pretended to be asleep and laughed at something my parent said.

  18. Never have I ever complained about a family nickname and made it stick.

  19. Never have I ever charged my sibling admission to my room.

Friends and sleepovers

The stuff that happens after lights out, and the friend drama that came after.

  1. Never have I ever asked my parents to say no so I could cancel plans.

  2. Never have I ever pretended a scary movie was boring because I wanted it off.

  3. Never have I ever looked up a movie's scary parts before watching with friends.

  4. Never have I ever moved the piece on a Ouija board and denied it.

  5. Never have I ever put googly eyes around a friend's house without telling them.

  6. Never have I ever crawled past a doorway to avoid a friend's parents.

  7. Never have I ever made up a truth-or-dare answer because my real answer was boring.

  8. Never have I ever kept a finger up while playing Never Have I Ever when I should have put it down.

  9. Never have I ever rehearsed a cover story with a friend before facing their parents.

  10. Never have I ever stuffed pillows under a blanket to pass a bedtime check.

Crushes

Notes, dances, "accidentally" running into someone. Nothing your mom couldn't hear, but you might not want her to.

  1. Never have I ever spent my lunch money on a gift for my crush.

  2. Never have I ever paid a friend to switch seats with me near my crush.

  3. Never have I ever joined a club because someone I liked was in it.

  4. Never have I ever left something behind on purpose to see my crush again.

  5. Never have I ever bought valentines for everyone to give one person a valentine.

  6. Never have I ever sent myself a candy gram so I wouldn't be the only one without one.

  7. Never have I ever asked my parent to park far away from my date.

  8. Never have I ever pretended to be cold hoping someone I like would lend me their hoodie.

  9. Never have I ever switched sides in an argument when my crush joined in.

  10. Never have I ever pretended not to hear a compliment so they'd say it again.

  11. Never have I ever pretended to have a date so someone would get jealous.

  12. Never have I ever rigged a game so I'd get paired with my crush.

  13. Never have I ever invented a crush to hide my real one.

  14. Never have I ever asked someone out and blamed a dare when they said no.

  15. Never have I ever claimed a gift for my crush was an extra I didn't need.

  16. Never have I ever practiced holding hands with a friend before a date.

  17. Never have I ever kept a candy wrapper because of who gave it to me.

Phones and group chats

Screenshots, muted chats, the wrong text to the wrong person and the month your phone got taken away.

  1. Never have I ever had my phone taken away for a whole month.

  2. Never have I ever handed over an old phone when mine got confiscated.

  3. Never have I ever blamed my sibling for a message I sent.

  4. Never have I ever read a text out loud after promising I wouldn't.

  5. Never have I ever voted from two accounts to make my choice win.

  6. Never have I ever posted a gift I bought myself like someone surprised me.

  7. Never have I ever kept listening after saying I was leaving a group call.

  8. Never have I ever removed an app before letting my parents check my phone.

  9. Never have I ever staged a studying photo for my parents.

  10. Never have I ever cropped someone out of a photo to keep us out of trouble.

  11. Never have I ever sent myself a message to pretend someone was texting me.

Funny and weird

Embarrassing moments, strange habits and plans that went sideways. They make a good story once enough time has passed.

  1. Never have I ever lost a dance battle to a little kid.

  2. Never have I ever confidently marched into a closet looking for the exit.

  3. Never have I ever gotten caught doing finger guns at my reflection.

  4. Never have I ever put an empty snack box back to delay getting blamed.

  5. Never have I ever rearranged cookies on a tray to hide how many I'd eaten.

  6. Never have I ever tried to fix a cake before anyone noticed I'd tasted the frosting.

  7. Never have I ever jumped out to scare someone and found a different person.

  8. Never have I ever lost hide-and-seek to a kid who wasn't even playing anymore.

  9. Never have I ever tried to slam a door that closed too slowly.

  10. Never have I ever worn bowling rental shoes all the way home.

  11. Never have I ever scared myself with a fake spider I'd planted.

  12. Never have I ever used a fake name and failed to answer when it was called.

Sports and jobs

Tryouts, the bench and your first paycheck.

  1. Never have I ever scored for the other team by accident.

  2. Never have I ever stopped running before the finish line and gotten passed.

  3. Never have I ever spilled a drink on a customer during my shift.

  4. Never have I ever been kicked off a team or out of a club.

  5. Never have I ever had my manager catch me eating the merchandise.

  6. Never have I ever carried an empty box around at work to look busy.

  7. Never have I ever learned a skill overnight because I'd said I could do it.

  8. Never have I ever gotten benched for arguing with a referee.

More games for teens

If you run out of fingers before you run out of night, try our truth or dare questions for teens. For something tamer, there are clean would you rather questions.

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