Free printable, no sign-up Thanksgiving Most Likely To Cards

What's in the Thanksgiving Most Likely To deck

Each card finishes the question “Who's most likely to…?” with something from the long weekend. There are 90 cards in six categories of 15, and every one is about food, football, travel or family habits. Nothing is about looks, weight or money, so the deck works with cousins, in-laws and grandparents at the same table. One category prints on 2 pages, and the full deck takes 12.

The cards are the same questions as our Thanksgiving most likely to list, which is where you can read them all before you print. See all 90 as a list →

How to play at the Thanksgiving table

1. 1Shuffle the cards and set the stack face down next to the rolls.
2. 2The reader takes the top card and reads it out loud: “Who's most likely to…” and the line on the card.
3. 3Count to three. On three, everyone points at one person at the table. Hands full of pie? Say a name instead.
4. 4The person with the most fingers pointing at them keeps the card. If there's a tie, the reader decides.
5. 5Pass the stack to the next seat, like the mashed potatoes. When the cards run out, whoever holds the most wins.

Give each card keeper one sentence to defend themselves. The stories behind the votes, like the year the turkey stayed frozen until noon, are often the best part of the meal.

Keep it kind with relatives

Thanksgiving puts people at one table who only see each other once a year. The cards are written to be harmless, but the votes can still pile up on the same person, often whoever cooked. A few habits keep the game warm.

• Start with Leftovers or Football & parade. Everyone has an opinion and nobody gets put on the spot.
• If a vote lands on the cook, give them a round of applause before the next card.
• Spread the cards around. If one person already holds five, the reader can skip a card that would go to them again.
• Skip any card that doesn't fit your family this year and draw another. Nobody needs a reason.
• Stop when the pie arrives. Ten to fifteen cards is plenty, and you can pick the stack back up over leftovers.

For a table with every age

Most Likely To is at its best when teens and adults lead it. Hand the stack to the teenagers first: they read fast, they know everyone's habits and they love watching grown-ups defend themselves. Parents and grandparents join in on the stories, and kids who can read short sentences can take a turn as reader. Football & parade has the easiest cards to read out loud.

Old enough to vote but too shy to point at Grandma? Use the secret-vote version below. It keeps the laughs and takes away the pressure of being outnumbered.

Variations

Printing and tradition tips

• Print on cardstock. The cards get passed around a table full of gravy.
• Write each winner on the back of their card and tuck the stack into the recipe box. Next year, read last year's winners out loud before the first card.
• Set a few cards at each place setting instead of one stack. Each person reads theirs when it's their turn.
• Relatives on a video call can play too. Read the card to the screen and let them call out a name on three.

More Thanksgiving printables and games

Want to skip the printing? Play the same deck in our Most Likely To game and pass one phone around the table. Every question is also on the Thanksgiving most likely to list.

For the rest of the day, print the Thanksgiving charades cards for after dinner, the Thanksgiving trivia cards for while the pie cools, or the Thanksgiving would you rather cards for table talk. All of our picks for the day are on the Thanksgiving games page.

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