Newlywed Game: 150 Questions, Scored for You

Newlywed game questions ask one partner something about themselves while the other guesses the answer. When the answers match, the guesser scores. Play the free game above: choose Two of us to play on one phone with no host, Party to host up to 8 couples at an anniversary or game night, or Shower for the classic bridal shower version with answers recorded ahead. It deals the questions, hides the answers and keeps the score. All 150 questions are listed below.

How do you play the newlywed game for two?

1. Type your names and pick decks. Classic and funny are a good start. Pick 8, 12 or 20 questions.
2. Choose how you answer. Type in secret, or say it out loud if you trust each other not to change answers.
3. Take the hot seat. The screen says whose question it is. That person types an answer while the other looks away, then passes the phone.
4. Guess and reveal. The other partner types a guess. Both answers flip up side by side. A word-for-word match is marked for you; for anything else, the person in the hot seat decides if it counts.
5. Swap every question. Round 2 is worth double, and the bonus question at the end is worth 30, so nobody is out of it until the last card.

Want to play when you are apart? Make a how well do you know me quiz and send the link instead.

How do you play the newlywed game at a bridal shower?

At a shower there is usually one couple. Choose Shower, type both names and pick the shower deck. Before the party, tap Send the questions to answer: the partner who is not at the shower answers on their own phone and sends the answers back to you, the host. Or ask them yourself and type the answers in. At the party, read each question, let the guest of honor guess out loud, tap Reveal and mark it a match or a miss. At the end you can copy every answer as a keepsake.

How do you host the newlywed game at a party?

The TV version first aired in 1966. One partner from each couple left the stage, the others predicted their answers, and each match won points. Then the roles swapped. You can run it the same way at home:

1. Choose Party, add the couples and pick decks. The shower deck also works for engagement parties.
2. Send one partner from each couple out of the room. Read the question on the screen; the others write what their partner will say.
3. Bring the partners back, ask the same questions and compare. Tap a couple on the screen for each match. Tap Undo if you slip.
4. Open the page on a laptop or TV and press F for full screen. Keys 1 to 8 add points to a couple, the Right arrow moves on.

150 newlywed game questions

These are the same questions the game uses. Each one is written about "your partner", so the asker can read it straight off the page.

Classic newlywed game questions

The questions the TV show made famous: first dates, habits and who does what. Start here.

1. Where did you two go on your first date?
2. Who said "I love you" first?
3. What was your partner wearing when you first met?
4. What is your partner's go-to order at a coffee shop?
5. What is your partner's favorite meal that you make?
6. Who is the better cook?
7. Who is the better driver?
8. What is your partner's biggest pet peeve?
9. What is your partner's dream vacation spot?
10. What did your partner do for your first birthday together?
11. Who apologizes first after a fight?
12. What is your partner's favorite movie?
13. What song would your partner call "our song"?
14. What is your partner's most used phrase?
15. Who takes longer to get ready?
16. What would your partner say is your best quality?
17. What is your partner's favorite way to spend a Sunday?
18. What is the first thing your partner noticed about you?
19. Who is more likely to get lost?
20. What is your partner's comfort food?
21. Who is the bigger morning person?
22. What is your partner's favorite holiday?
23. What job would your partner have if money did not matter?
24. Who spends more time on their phone?
25. What is your partner's favorite thing about your home?
26. Where was your first kiss?
27. What is your partner's least favorite chore?
28. Who hogs the blanket?
29. What is your partner's favorite dessert?
30. Who is the better dancer?
31. What would your partner buy first after winning the lottery?
32. Which friend of yours does your partner like most?
33. What is your partner's hidden talent?
34. Who fell asleep first on your first long trip together?
35. What is your partner's favorite season?
36. What is your partner's biggest fear?
37. Who planned your best date ever, and what was it?
38. What is the nicest thing your partner has done for you?
39. What is your partner's favorite snack?
40. Which of you is more competitive?

Funny newlywed game questions

For laughs at a party or on the sofa. Nobody needs a right answer, but someone does need to defend it.

1. What would your partner's warning label say?
2. If your partner were an animal, which one would they be?
3. What is the weirdest thing your partner eats?
4. Who would survive longer in a zombie movie?
5. What would your partner be arrested for?
6. What is your partner's most dramatic reaction to something small?
7. What does your partner sing in the shower?
8. What is the strangest thing in your partner's search history, as far as you know?
9. Who is more likely to talk to a pet like a person?
10. What would your partner's superhero name be?
11. Which celebrity would play your partner in a movie?
12. What is your partner's worst habit?
13. What would your partner do with one day of being invisible?
14. Who is more likely to laugh at the wrong moment?
15. What is your partner's most embarrassing moment that you know about?
16. Which reality show would your partner win?
17. What would your partner name a pet goldfish?
18. Who is more likely to cry at a commercial?
19. What is your partner's guilty pleasure show?
20. What is the worst gift your partner has ever given you?
21. What does your partner do when a spider shows up?
22. Who is the worse backseat driver?
23. What is your partner's go-to karaoke song?
24. What would the title of your partner's autobiography be?
25. What food would your partner eat every day if they could?
26. Who takes the worst photos?
27. What would your partner's last meal be?
28. Which of you would win a staring contest?
29. What is your partner's weirdest fear?
30. What would your partner do first in a zombie apocalypse?
31. Who is more likely to fall asleep during a movie?
32. What is the silliest argument you two have had?
33. If your partner had a theme song, what would it be?
34. Who is more likely to get a parking ticket?
35. What would your partner never be caught wearing?

Not so newlywed game questions (for long-married couples)

Ten, twenty or forty years in? These questions are about the life you built, not the first date. Great for anniversaries.

1. What year did you get married?
2. What was the first thing you bought together for your home?
3. Who is the planner in your family?
4. What was your partner's first reaction the day your first child or pet came home?
5. What is your partner's favorite family tradition?
6. What did your partner cook the most in your first year together?
7. Which anniversary did your partner enjoy most?
8. What was your hardest move as a couple?
9. Who handles the bills?
10. What is your partner's favorite memory from your wedding day?
11. What is a habit of yours your partner has gotten used to?
12. What is your partner's favorite way to relax after work?
13. Who remembers birthdays in your family?
14. What is the longest you two have been apart?
15. What is your partner's favorite trip you have taken together?
16. What is your partner most proud of in your life together?
17. Who wins most arguments?
18. What is your partner's favorite restaurant now?
19. What was your first car together?
20. What does your partner do that still makes you laugh after all these years?
21. What is your partner's dream for retirement?
22. Who falls asleep first on the couch?
23. What is your partner's favorite thing you do for them?
24. What was your first big purchase together?
25. What is the best advice your partner would give a newlywed couple?
26. What is your partner's favorite photo of the two of you?
27. Which song makes your partner think of your early days?
28. Who is more likely to suggest a date night?
29. What is one thing your partner would change about your house?
30. What new hobby has your partner picked up in recent years?

Bridal shower and engagement party newlywed game questions

For bridal showers and engagement parties. The guests learn the story of the couple while they play.

1. How did your partner propose, or how were they planning to?
2. Who wanted the bigger wedding?
3. What is your partner most excited about for the wedding day?
4. What is your partner's dream honeymoon?
5. What will your partner order at the wedding bar?
6. What song does your partner want for your first dance?
7. Who is more likely to cry during the vows?
8. What was your partner's first impression of your family?
9. Which of your friends did your partner meet first?
10. What does your partner call you when they are being sweet?
11. What is your partner's favorite thing about your engagement ring or proposal day?
12. Who will be the first to fall asleep on the wedding night?
13. What wedding task did your partner happily skip?
14. Which of your relatives does your partner get along with best?
15. What is the first thing your partner will do after the honeymoon?
16. What dish would your partner pick for your wedding menu?
17. Who will take over the kitchen in your home?
18. What does your partner think is your best feature?
19. Who will hold the TV remote in your married life?
20. What is your partner's favorite color for the wedding?
21. Who was more nervous when you met each other's parents?
22. What is one thing your partner wants in your first home?
23. How many kids, or pets, does your partner want?
24. What will your partner say is the secret to a happy marriage?
25. What is the first trip your partner wants to take as a married couple?

Cheeky newlywed game questions (still PG)

A little flirty, still fine in front of grandma. Switch this deck off for family events.

1. Who made the first move?
2. Where is your partner's favorite place to be kissed? (Keep it PG: cheek, forehead or hand.)
3. What is your partner's favorite thing you wear?
4. What is the most romantic thing your partner has ever done?
5. Who is the better kisser, according to your partner?
6. What is your partner's idea of a perfect date night?
7. What is your partner's favorite body feature of yours? (Keep it PG.)
8. Who is more likely to start a slow dance in the kitchen?
9. What is your partner's favorite pet name for you?
10. What would your partner say is the most attractive thing you do?
11. Who flirts more?
12. What is the cheesiest pickup line your partner has used on you?
13. Who was more nervous on your first date?
14. What is your partner's favorite love song?
15. What is the most daring date you have been on?
16. Who sends more flirty texts?
17. What is your partner's favorite way to say good morning?
18. What would your partner pick for a romantic night in?
19. When did your partner first think you were the one?
20. Who is more likely to plan a surprise getaway?

Tips for a better newlywed game

• Agree on "close enough" first. "Pizza" for "pepperoni pizza" counts. "Italian food" does not. The person whose answer it is decides.
• Mix easy and hard. Two easy questions for every hard one keeps the score close and the mood light.
• Save a big one for the bonus. The last question is worth the most, so the game can turn around at the end.
• Laugh at the misses. A wrong guess is a story you have not heard yet. The end screen lists the misses so you can come back to them.
• Read the room. At family events, leave the cheeky deck off.

Knowing the small details of your partner's life is what the Gottman Institute calls a love map, and their advice is to keep updating it. Try our love map game for deeper questions, our date night games for more ideas, or date night ideas at home after the kids are in bed.

What are the limits?

• In Two of us, typed answers stay on the phone and are gone when the game ends. Nothing is saved on a server.
• The game cannot judge if a guess is close. The person whose answer it is decides.
• Party mode keeps score for one game. Write the final scores down if you want them later.
• In Shower mode, the recorded answers travel in the link you get back and are saved in your browser until you start over. Do not forward that link to the person who guesses.