What is a purity test, exactly?
A long list of things people do. You tick the ones you've already done. The more you tick, the higher the score, and the less Β« pure Β» you are.
The format has been floating around American campuses for decades and it exploded on social media, because it produces exactly what everyone is after in a party game: a number to compare. No interpretation, no psychological profile, just a figure you can drop into a conversation.

The version in front of you is written for couples. No questions about fraternities or skipped lectures: this is about exes, lies, nights that got out of hand, things hidden from a partner, and things done together.
Why it works so well as a pair
Because a score gets compared. You take the test on your own, you send your result, and the conversation starts by itself. Nine times out of ten the real discussion isn't about the score but about the one question that made someone pause, and from there you end up on questions you never ask each other.
How your score is calculated
Not every question is worth the same number of points, and that's the whole point. A flat scale where each tick counts for one gives everybody the same result: a big cluster in the middle, nobody at the extremes, and a figure that says nothing.
| The answer | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Leaving a party without telling anyone | 8 points |
| Doing it in public, where you could have been seen | 26 points |
| Driving after drinking | 27 points |
A daft moment at a party and something that can kill someone shouldn't weigh the same.
Each question also offers three to five degrees instead of a yes or a no. Β« Have you ever cheated on someone? Β» doesn't call for the same answer depending on whether it was a kiss at a party or a six-month double life, and the scale reflects that.
Solo or together: what changes
The two modes don't ask the same questions and don't score the same thing. Choose before you start, you can't switch halfway.
Each on your own
The questions are about you. Your past, your exes, what you hid, what you never told anyone. This is the mode to pick if you want to send your score and dare someone to match it.
Together, as a couple
It's no longer two people being scored, it's one story: what you did together, where you did it, and what you kept from each other. Answers are said out loud, which makes this mode considerably more dangerous.
The couple mode and the standard couple test don't tread on each other: one measures what you've done, the other where the relationship stands today. Taking them back to back gives two very different readings of the same couple.
What the test looks at
Questions are split into categories, and the result breaks your score down for each one. That's usually where the surprise turns up: you think you're well behaved because the total is average, and you discover you're at 90% in a single family.
The seven solo categories
- π₯ Sex: body count, firsts, experiences, places
- π Cheating: from a kiss at a party to a double life
- π Lies: what you tidied up, left out, deleted
- πΈ Booze & co: nights out, excess, and what comes with it
- πͺ Family: in-laws, parents, holidays endured
- π± Online life: nudes, secret accounts, morning-after messages
- π¨ Off limits: theft, stupidity, getting caught
The category that hurts most is almost never the expected one. It's lies that push the most scores up, not sex.
The six couple categories
- π₯ Sex: what you've tried, and where
- π Getting caught: the risk of being seen, owned or not
- π« Open stuff: threesomes, swapping, open relationships
- πΈ Substances: nights out, being under the influence, the morning after
- π¨ Crossing lines: casinos, off-limits places, lies told together
- π€ Secrets: what the other one still doesn't know
It's the secrets category that separates couples. Two couples with exactly the same past can end up a hundred points apart, purely on what they told each other.
Is a high score bad?
A high score doesn't say you're a good person or a bad one. It says you've done things.
Some of them are memories from a night out, others are mistakes, and the test doesn't tell them apart: it counts, that's all. The reading is yours to do.
Where the result gets interesting is when two people compare it. Three hundred points between two partners isn't a problem in itself, but it often explains tensions nobody could name. The other way round, two very close scores are more reassuring than any compatibility test.
The questions we get asked
Is the purity test free?
Are my answers stored somewhere?
How long does it take?
What counts as a good score?
Can more than two people play?
What's the minimum age?
Do this next
The score is in, the evening isn't over.