Two truths and a lie: 60 ideas and examples

Two truths and a lie is the easiest icebreaker there is. You say three things about yourself. Two are true, one is made up, and everyone else has to spot the lie. It works at a party, a team meeting, a classroom or a family dinner, and all you need is something to say.

That's the hard bit, so here are 60 example lines to borrow, sorted by where you're playing. Use any of them as a truth or a lie. Then read the tips on writing a lie nobody spots, and try a variation or two.

• For work
• For kids and families
• For friends
• Aussie
• Travel and food
• Tips for the lie
• Variations

How to play two truths and a lie

1. Each player thinks of three statements about themselves: two true, one false.
2. One at a time, players say their three, in any order.
3. Everyone else votes for the one they think is the lie. A show of hands works, or a secret vote on phones.
4. The player reveals the lie. Score a point for every lie you spot, and a point for every person you fool.

Two truths and a lie examples for work

Safe for a new team, and none of them asks anyone to share something personal.

1. I once worked a whole shift in a mascot suit.
2. My first job was picking fruit.
3. I can type faster than I can talk.
4. I've shaken hands with a prime minister.
5. I once got lost in this building.
6. I have never had a cup of coffee.
7. I learnt to drive in a manual ute.
8. I was a barista for a whole summer.
9. I've won a meat tray in a raffle.
10. I applied for this job on my birthday.
11. I've been on the TV news, in the background.
12. I've sent a reply-all I wish I could take back.

Two truths and a lie for kids and families

1. I ate a bug on purpose once.
2. I can whistle with my fingers.
3. I have touched a real snake.
4. I was born in a different state.
5. I can do a cartwheel.
6. I've never broken a bone.
7. I've been on a plane more than five times.
8. My favourite vegetable is broccoli.
9. I lost a tooth at school.
10. I've held a baby crocodile at a wildlife park.
11. I can say the alphabet backwards.
12. I have a scar from falling off a trampoline.

Two truths and a lie for friends and parties

1. I've been to a concert on my own.
2. I was asked to stop singing in the school choir.
3. I once shared a lift with someone famous.
4. I have never watched a horror film all the way through.
5. I've slept a whole night in an airport.
6. I dyed my hair green for a bet.
7. I won a dance competition.
8. I've eaten a whole large pizza on my own.
9. I have a cousin who looks exactly like me.
10. I can't ride a bike.
11. I've been on a blind date.
12. I once called a teacher "Mum".

Aussie two truths and a lie examples

1. I've been swooped by a magpie on a bike.
2. I've seen a platypus in the wild.
3. I've been to every state and territory.
4. I have climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
5. I once found a huntsman in my car.
6. I've swum with a whale shark at Ningaloo.
7. I've played backyard cricket every Christmas Day of my life.
8. I've been to the Big Banana.
9. I've fed a kangaroo by hand.
10. I've seen snow in Australia.
11. A possum once lived in my roof.
12. I've driven across the Nullarbor.

Two truths and a lie about travel and food

1. I've eaten a chilli so hot I cried.
2. I've never eaten a mango.
3. I've seen the northern lights.
4. I can make a pavlova that doesn't crack.
5. I missed a flight because I fell asleep at the gate.
6. I've eaten kangaroo.
7. I've been somewhere I couldn't read a single sign.
8. I've never tried sushi.
9. I ordered a meal in another language and got something completely different.
10. I've been on a cruise ship.
11. I can peel an orange in one piece.
12. I've had breakfast in one country and dinner in another.

How to tell a lie nobody spots

• Make the lie boring. "I've never had a cup of coffee" gets past more people than "I once met a famous singer".
• Make a truth unbelievable. Your strangest true story is your best cover. People vote for the wild one.
• Borrow from real life. Take something that nearly happened, or happened to your sister, and claim it. Real details sound real.
• Match all three. Same length, same amount of detail. A lie with no detail stands out, and so does one with too much.
• Mix up the order. If your lie was last in the first round, put it first in the next.
• Pick something nobody can check. Your workmates don't know what you ate in 2014.
• Say all three the same way. Same pace, same face. Don't smile on the lie.

Two truths and a lie variations

• Two lies and a truth. Flip it, so the room hunts for the one true thing. Harder than it sounds.
• Themed rounds. Every line has to be about travel, or food, or your first job. Good for big groups who know each other a bit too well.
• Who wrote it? Everyone writes their three on paper and the host reads them out without names. Guess the lie, then guess whose it was.
• Team round. Teams of four pick one teammate's three and play as a group. Great for work, where some people would rather not stand up alone.
• Speed round. Ten seconds to vote, no discussion. It keeps a group of twenty moving.

Play Two Truths and a Lie on your phones

Our Two Truths and a Lie game runs the whole thing for you on 3 to 12 phones. Everyone writes their three lines on their own phone and ticks the lie, with starters if you're stuck. Each player's lines then pop up on every phone, shuffled, and the room votes in secret. Spot the lie for a point. Fool people and you score a point for each.

No app: the host scans everyone in with a QR code. Family mode leads every line with a starter. Grown-ups mode is for 18 and over. Every line is filtered before anyone sees it, the host can send a line back, and it's all wiped when the party ends.

Launch Party: every game is free to host until 30 November 2026, Party Pack 01 and Deck the Desks included. Sign in free to host. Guests never need an account.

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Updated 28 October 2026.