The rules of the who could game
Who could is a game you can play as a couple, on a single phone. It is a very simple game: a question appears, something like "Who could buy a luxury watch on a whim?", and you answer by tapping a name. If you think it is them, you tap their name, if you think it is you, you tap yours. And if neither of you could do it, there is a "Nobody" button just below.
There is no right answer and there are no points to count. The game simply remembers who got pointed at on each question, and shows you the total at the end. Here is how a round goes:
Enter your names and pick the length
You can play 20, 40 or 60 questions, drawn at random from the 108 in the game. A 20-question round takes about five minutes.
Point at someone on each question
Ideally, you agree before tapping the screen. Most of the time, one of you disagrees, and that is exactly when the game gets funny!
Look at the verdict
At the end, the game shows you how many times each of you got pointed at, and who got pointed at the most.
There is nothing else to prepare: the game runs online, for free, and you can pass the phone around or just lay it between the two of you.
How it differs from which one of us
We also have a which one of us game on the site, and the two games look a lot alike. The difference is in the questions. In which one of us, you answer about what you already are: who is the most stubborn, who talks the most, who cooks best, and so on. You already know the answers, since you live them every day.
In who could, you answer about what you would be capable of doing. Who could skydive, who could drop everything to open a countryside B&B, or who could blow the holiday budget in one evening... Nobody knows the answer, so each of you gives their opinion, and you discover the image the other one has of you. It does not always match the one you have of yourself, by the way.
Getting pointed at on "who could cry at an animal video" when you thought you were beyond suspicion gets a reaction. Most of the time, the next question is "wait, is that how you see me??", and it starts conversations you would never have had otherwise!
Examples of questions from the game
Here are twenty questions out of the hundred and eight, exactly as the game asks them. Some are light, some less so, and a few spark a debate:
Who could buy a luxury watch on a whim?
Who could order something useless at 3am online?
Who could skydive without a second of hesitation?
Who could give a speech in front of two hundred people?
Who could spend an entire Sunday without leaving the bed?
Who could survive a week without coffee?
Who could finish an entire series in one weekend?
Who could sing karaoke completely sober?
Who could win an argument against the whole in-law family?
Who could cry at a romantic comedy?
Who could make breakfast in bed for no special occasion?
Who could say I love you first?
Who could eat the spiciest dish in the restaurant?
Who could get lost in their own city?
Who could move abroad overnight?
Who could run for the local council?
Who could get a tattoo on a whim?
Who could miss a flight over an alarm clock situation?
Who could get angry at an object?
Who could change their mind five times before picking a restaurant?
The other 88 are in the game, and each round draws them at random. If you finish your 20 questions and want to keep going, the game offers 20 more. And the "Play again with different questions" button draws first from the ones that have not come up yet.
A few tips for playing
There is not much you need to know to play, but these four habits make the rounds much better:
The good habits
- Explain your choices: "You, because last time at the restaurant…". It is often the story that comes with the answer that gets the laugh, more than the answer itself.
- Do not overuse the "Nobody" button: If you take it on every question to avoid choosing, the game loses its point. Save it for the questions where, honestly, neither of you would dare.
- Accept the verdict: Being named "capable of anything" is nothing mean. And if you disagree, say so: arguing about it is part of the game.
- Play again another time: With 108 questions, you can play several rounds without landing on the same ones. And the answers sometimes change from one round to the next, which is interesting too.
And if you like the game, we have other games to play as a pair built on the same idea: one phone, nothing to install, and questions that get you talking. Never have I ever is probably the best known, and a lot of couples start it right after a who could.
Frequently asked questions
How do you play who could as a couple?
You enter your two names, pick 20, 40 or 60 questions, and on each question you tap the name of the one who could do it, or "Nobody". At the end, the game tells you who got pointed at the most.
Do you both need to agree to answer?
That is the idea, and it is exactly what gets you talking. If you cannot agree, the one who argues their case best wins. The game checks nothing anyway, so you decide.
Can you play long distance?
Yes. Each of you opens the game on your side with the same names and the same length, answer over video call, and compare your results at the end. You will not always point at the same person, and that is where it gets funny.
Do the questions change every round?
Yes. Each round draws its questions at random from the 108, and "Play again with different questions" draws first from those that have not come up since you arrived on the page.
Does it work between friends too?
Very well, as long as there are two of you: the game shows two names. Between friends, family, flatmates, the questions work the same. Only a few questions in the batch are couple questions, and they land fine between friends too.