Rice Purity Test
Answer 100 questions to calculate your Rice Purity Score.
Before you begin
Some questions discuss mature, personal, or sensitive experiences. Continue only if you are comfortable with this type of content.
You can skip any question you would rather not answer.
Your Rice Purity Score
What Does Your Score Mean?
The score is a count of the listed experiences you reported and nothing more. It is not a measure of morality, character, or personality, and it has no scientific basis.
What Is the Rice Purity Test?
The Rice Purity Test is a 100-question self-assessment questionnaire. Each item asks whether you have had a particular experience, covering everyday social situations, school and family life, rule-breaking, substances, and relationships.
It began as an informal survey passed around university campuses and has circulated online for decades in many different versions. The version on this page uses 100 items and is offered for entertainment and light self-reflection. It is not a psychological instrument, it has never been validated by research, and the result says nothing about a person beyond the answers they gave.
How Is the Score Calculated?
The scoring is deliberately simple. You begin at 100 and one point is subtracted for every question you answer with Yes. Questions answered with No, and questions you skip, subtract nothing. Every item carries exactly the same weight.
So a person who answers Yes to 24 questions finishes with a score of 76. Because the answers are self-reported and nothing is verified, the number only reflects what you chose to record. For a fuller breakdown of the method, see how it works.
What Does Your Score Mean?
Each range simply reflects how many of the listed experiences were reported.
Very few listed experiences.
Relatively few listed experiences.
A wider range of listed experiences.
Many listed experiences.
The ranges are descriptive labels, not rankings. A detailed explanation of every band is available on the score meaning page.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a 100-question self-assessment questionnaire covering a range of life experiences. You mark the ones that apply to you and receive a score out of 100. It is made for entertainment and self-reflection.
Exactly 100. You answer them one at a time and can move backwards at any point without losing your earlier answers.
You start at 100 and lose one point for each Yes answer. No answers and skipped questions subtract nothing, and every question is weighted equally.
Yes. Use the Retake Test button on the result screen to clear your answers and start again from question one. Each attempt is scored on its own.
A higher score means fewer of the listed experiences were reported. It carries no further meaning, and the bands are descriptions rather than rankings.
No. It has no research basis and is not a validated psychological measure. It does not assess morality, character, or personality. Treat the result as entertainment.
This website is an independent resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rice University. The test is provided for entertainment and self-reflection only.