The best friend quiz the whole group can play Who Knows Me Best?

Who Knows Me Best? at a glance

Players

3 to 10 (best with 3 to 8)

Game length

About 20 minutes a game

Phones

One phone, passed around

Where it works

In the same room, on a video call

Who it’s for

Friends, families and coworkers (clean, nothing 18+)

Price

Free. No app, no sign-up

Languages

English and Spanish

How to play Who Knows Me Best

Who Knows Me Best is a guessing game about the people in the room. Each turn, one player is the star. The star answers a question about themselves in secret, and everyone else tries to guess what they picked.

It sounds easy until the options show up. Was it pizza or soup? Right on time or very, very late? You find out fast who has been paying attention.

1. 1Add 3 to 10 player names. Pick a deck: Friends, Couples, Family, Work or Just for fun. Mixed shuffles every deck except Couples, which you choose on its own.
2. 2Choose 1 or 2 rounds. In each round, every player is the star once.
3. 3Pass the phone to the star. They read a question about themselves, like “What's my dream vacation?”, and secretly tap their real answer from four options.
4. 4The star hands the phone back. The group sees the question and the four options, but not the answer. Everyone says or points to a guess.
5. 5Tap Reveal. Then tap everyone who guessed right. Each right guess is worth one point.
6. 6The phone goes to the next star. After the last turn, the scoreboard shows the points and who knows the group best.

Only guessers score, so the winner is whoever reads everyone else best. Being hard to guess earns the star nothing, so the star should always tap the true answer.

Want to keep talking once the scoreboard is up? Our get to know you questions turn one answer into a whole conversation.

Who knows me best questions

All 150 questions in the game, sorted by deck, each with its four options. Read them here to plan ahead, or pick a few favorites for a birthday, a sleepover or a team meeting.

House rules worth trying

The game handles the turns and the score, so extra rules are optional. Agree on any of these before the first star picks up the phone.

• Real answers only. The star taps what's true, not what will fool the room.
• Closest option counts. If none of the four fits exactly, the star taps the nearest one. No complaining later that the truth was “a bit of both.”
• Guess on three. Count down and point at once, so nobody copies the loudest voice.
• One sentence of proof. After Reveal, the star gets one sentence to explain. That's where the best stories come from.
• Ties. If two people finish level, they share the title. Need one winner? Each tied player says one true thing about the other, and the group picks the better answer.
• Open book bonus. The game gives points only to guessers. If you want the star in the race too, keep your own tally on paper: the star earns a point whenever every guesser gets it right.

Ways to play

The rules stay the same, but the deck and the crowd change everything. Here's how to set it up for different groups.

Tips for great guesses

Some players seem to know everyone. They aren't reading minds. They're paying attention to a few simple things.

• Think about what the star does, not what they say. Big talk about morning runs can still end on the couch.
• Remember the stories. The trip they still talk about and the dish they always order are clues hiding in plain sight.
• Watch out for the obvious pick. If one option sounds like the “right” answer, ask yourself whether the star would really choose it.
• Learn from earlier turns. Every Reveal tells you something. If the star picked the cozy option twice, that's a pattern.
• Read the star's face. Some people can't hide a smile while the group argues. That's fair game.
• Don't just follow the group. If you know something the others don't, trust it. That's how you pull ahead.

How to write your own who knows me best questions

After a few rounds, someone always starts inventing questions. That's a good sign. Here's how to make them work as well as the ones in the deck.

• Write it as the star. Use “my” and “I,” as in “What's my favorite breakfast?” The star answers about themselves, and everyone else guesses.
• Give four short, real choices. Use one to four words each, and make every option something a person in your group might actually pick.
• Make the options truly different. “Pasta” and “Spaghetti” are the same answer twice. “Pasta” and “Tacos” are a real choice.
• Ask about habits and tastes. Questions about how someone acts beat facts only one person could know, like the name of a childhood street.
• Keep it kind. Stick to quirks, favorites and routines, and skip anything that could embarrass someone.

To play homemade questions, read them out loud between games. The star writes the answer on a scrap of paper, everyone guesses, and then the star turns the paper over.

When to play Who Knows Me Best

It works best with people who know each other at least a little. It's even better with people who are sure they know each other well.

• Birthday parties: everyone gets a turn as the star, but the whole room will be trying hardest to get the birthday person right.
• Sleepovers and nights in with friends: Friends and Just for fun keep it light, and two rounds fill a good stretch of the evening.
• Couples nights: pick Couples and let every partner prove how much they've been listening.
• Family gatherings: the Family deck gives grandparents, parents and kids something to laugh about together.
• Team icebreakers: the Work deck helps a group learn how everyone likes to work, without getting personal.

When everyone is warmed up, switch to Most Likely To, where the group points at who fits each card, or This or That for fast two-way picks. Both run on one phone, with no app and no sign-up.

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