So, you want to play some minute to win it games? There are honestly so many different and creative minute to win it games you can play that it can be overwhelming. But if you’re looking specifically for the best minute to win it games for adults, we’ve got you! From classic games and drinking games to team-building games for the office, here are the top minute to win it games for adults to play.
BEST MINUTE TO WIN IT GAMES FOR ADULTS
Let’s start off with some classics. These are the best minute to win it games for adults to play in basically any setting. And no matter where you play and who you play it with, we can guarantee a lot of laughter by the end of the day!
1. JUNK IN THE TRUNK
To play this game, every contestant should get an empty tissue box that is filled with the same number of ping pong balls. Contestants must tie this box onto their waist using a pair of pantyhose. Then, when the minute starts, shake, shake, shake! The goal is to get shake out all of the ping pong balls by shaking your body. No hands allowed.
2. COOKIE FACE
One of the most classic and popular minute to win it games is, of course, cookie face. Give each contestant a cookie to place on their forehead. Then, when the timer starts, the contestants must race to put that cookie into their mouth by using only facial muscles. If you drop the cookie, put it back on your forehead to start from the beginning.
3. THREAD THE NEEDLE
Every adult knows how annoying it is to thread a needle. If you want to turn that frustration into a game, play this minute to win it game for adults! In this task, contestants must thread as many needles as possible within 60 seconds.
4. CHOPSTICK CEREAL RACE
If you think threading needles is not frustrating enough, why not also challenge everyone with a chopstick race? Set up this minute to win it game by placing a large bowl of cereal in the middle of the table. All contestants should have an empty bowl in front of them and a pair of chopsticks in their hand. Then, when the minute starts, players must race to put as much cereal into their bowl as possible!
5. BITE ME
In this minute to win it game, all contestants put a popsicle stick in their mouth and try to stack 5 dice onto the stick. This is a lot more difficult than it looks!
6. DEFYING GRAVITY
Give each contestant three inflated balloons. The challenge. Keep all three balloons in the air for a full minute, but the twist is that you can only use one hand to do so!
7. THIS BLOWS
Place 5 plastic cups at the edge of a table. Then, contestants must inflate a balloon and use the air to blow the plastic cups off the table.
8. MOVE ON UP
Give each contestant a stack of 40 cups. 39 of the cups should be in one color (such as blue), and the bottom cup in another color (such as red). The goal of this challenge is to move the top cup to the bottom again and again until the red cup is at the bottom again. To move the cups, make sure to use alternating hands.
9. FLIP THE BOTTLE
Everyone’s tried to flip a bottle before. Don’t you remember that internet challenge? Put your skills to the test with this minute to win it game. Contestants must flip a partially filled water bottle and try to make it land upright.
10. SCOOP THE BALLS
All contestants must hold a spoon in their mouth and move ping pong balls from one bowl to the other. No hands allowed.
11. CHUBBY BUNNY
Another internet challenge you may be familiar with is chubby bunny. In this minute to win it game for adults, contestants must put as many marshmallows as possible in their mouths. But it’s not enough to just stuff. Contestants must also be able to say “Chubby bunny” with the marshmallows in their mouths.
12. NOSE DIVE
All contestants should have a plate with some vaseline on it as well as two bowls: one empty and the other filled with cotton balls. The goal? Move the cotton balls from one bowl to the other using your nose! Dip your nose in vaseline to get it sticky enough to move the cotton balls one by one. No hands allowed in this challenge.
13. UNWRAP THE KISSES
While unwrapping Hershey Kisses might seem easy, when you have to do it as you race against the clock, you might struggle more than you think! Unwrap as many Hershey Kisses as possible.
14. PICK UP THE PASTA
In this challenge, contestants place a piece of uncooked spaghetti in their mouths and use it to pick up and move penne pasta from one bowl to the other.
15. PENNY TOWER
Stack 25 pennies using only one hand! If you want to up the challenge, have the contestants use their non-dominant hand for this one.
16. RAPID FIRE
Place 6 empty cans as a pyramid on one end of a long table. Players must stand on the other end and try to knock down their pyramid by flicking rubber bands to the pyramid.
17. SHOE FLICK
Contestants gingerly place a shoe on their foot and flick the shoe off to get it to land on a specific target, such as a bucket!
DRINKING MINUTE TO WIN IT GAMES FOR ADULTS
If you are organizing some games to play with a bunch of adults, why not play some drinking minute to win it games? Of course, your standard drinking games and Beer Olympics games can be a lot of fun, but these minute to win it games introduce an element of chaos to a fun party!
18. BEER PONG BOUNCE
Here’s a fun twist on a classic beer pong game. In this minute to win it challenge, players must bounce as many ping pong balls into cups filled with beer. Don’t forget to drink those cups you sink once you’re done!
19. FLIP CUP
Flip cup is another popular drinking game that can easily be turned into a minute to win it game for adults. In this challenge, contestants must drink a cup one-third filled with an alcoholic beverage. But once drunk, that cup must be flipped. Drink and flip all of the cups on the table before the minute is up.
20. STRAW RELAY
In this relay race, contestants must move beer caps down to the finish line by using only a straw. If you want to make this game more difficult, make a rule that contestants must put the straw in their mouths!
21. SHOT GLASS SIDE
Have you ever wondered how you would fare sliding a shot glass down a bar, just like in the movies? Well, you can find out with this minute to win it game! Players must slide 5 shot glasses to a target area.
22. BOOZY BALANCE CHALLENGE
After a few drinks in everyone’s system, play this minute to win it game to determine who is the most sober amongst the group! All contestants must balance a shot glass on their head for a full minute.
23. DRUNK DICE ROLL
If you want to get some more drinks in, this is a great minute to win it game to play. In this challenge, contestants must roll 2 dice and then drink that number of sips before the minute is up. This game works even better if the drink that must be drunk is a gross mix of everyone’s drinks. Ew!
24. BEER BOTTLE RING TOSS
Everyone loves a ring toss game. But turn this into a drinking minute to win it game by tossing the rings onto beer pottles instead of stakes. Contestants must race to get at least 10 rings onto the beer bottles before the minute is up.
25. BEER STRAW RACE
For those talented drinkers out there, this is the perfect drinking minute to win it game for you. Put a straw in a beer bottle. The challenge? Contestants must suck the beer through a straw faster than everyone else.
26. SARAN WRAP SHOT
Before the game begins, wrap shot glasses in saran wrap. Wrap them as complicated and thoroughly as possible. Then, give each player one of these saran-wrapped shot glasses. Within one minute, the contestants must unwrap their shot glass! And as a prize, give every contestant who completes the challenge a shot with their unwrapped shot glass.
27. FIZZY BEER
Right before you start the minute timer with this challenge, everyone must shake their beer can for 5 seconds. Then, once you start the minute, the goal is to open the beer without spilling it. Pro tip: try to wait as long as possible before you start opening the can slowly.
28. SHOT GLASS TOWER
Contestants race to creat the tallest tower of empty shot glasses within one minute. If yours gets knocked down, you’ll need to start again from the bottom, so be careful!
29. FIND THE CUP
Set up the game by placing a sticker on one plastic cup. Then, fill an entire table with plastic cups, including the one with the sticker, and fill the cups up about a third of the way with an alcoholic drink. When the minute timer starts, contestants race against one another to find the cup with the sticker. But in order to find the sticker, they must drink the contents of a cup first before they can look on the bottom.
30. BEER BALANCE
Set up a start and finish line. All contestants should line up at the start line with a beer can balanced on their head. Then, contestants must race to the finish line, but if they drop their beer can, they must go back to the beginning of the race!
31. BLIND POUR
Blindfold all contestants and have them pour a drink to a marked line on a cup. Try not to spill the drink! Feel free to drink the drink afterward.
32. LIQUID LIMBO
Liquid limbo is just like normal limbo but with a twist. Players must limbo under a stick while holding a full drink. The stick will lower each time. But if you spill at any point, you’re out!
33. THE BOOZY MEMORY GAME
In this memory minute to win it game, place memory cards on a table. Then, contestants must try their best to match all of the cards within a minute by flipping up pairs of cards to match. However, each time a contestant gets an incorrect match, they must take a drink.
34. BLIND BEER/WINE TASTE TEST
Depending on the tastes of the group, you can either organize a blind beer taste test or a wine taste test. Blindfold the contestants one by one and have them guess the type of beer or wine they’re tasting.
TEAM-BUILDING MINUTE TO WIN IT GAMES FOR ADULTS
Finally, here are some minute to win it games that are perfect for team-building purposes. These games are perfect ice breakers as well! As you might be able to guess, to play these minute to win it games for adults, you’ll need to divide the contestants into teams or partners, depending on the game.
35. MARSHMALLOW TOSS
One player tosses marshmallows into their partner’s mouth from a short distance. Try to get as many marshmallows into their mouth as possible within one minute.
36. MUMMY RACE
One player in each team is the mummy. Everyone else on the team must try to dress the mummy with toilet paper as best as possible. The best mummy wins!
37. BLIND BOWLING
A blindfolded teammate must bowl a plastic ball to 10 plastic pins or bottles. The other teammates can give instructions but cannot physically help them as they try to knock down all 10 pins.
38. HULA HOOP RELAY
All teammates must hold hands in a line. Then, starting from one end, players must move a hula hoop down the line without breaking contact.
39. SKETCH ARTIST
One teammate is the sketch artist, while the other must verbally describe a drawing so that the sketch artist can replicate it without seeing the actual drawing.
40. BLINDFOLD OBSTACLE
In this minute to win it game, one teammate is blindfolded while the other guides their teammate through an obstacle course using just their voice and words.
41. BALLOON VOLLEYBALL
As a team, play volleyball with a balloon. As in, keep the balloon in the air and make sure it doesn’t drop on the floor. No hands allowed during this minute to win it game.
42. TEAM BOTTLE FLIP
In this game, teammates must take turns flipping bottles, trying to get them to land properly. Flip as many bottles as possible one by one within one minute.
43. HUMAN CONVEYOR BELT
All teammates must lie down on the floor in a line and must pass an object down the line without using their hands! This challenge will involve a lot of rolling around, so make sure everyone is comfortable doing that before doing this challenge!
44. MARSHMALLOW-MAN
Give each team a pack of marshmallows and some toothpicks. Then, within one minute, teammates must work together to build the best marshmallow man with the given materials. Vote on the best one.
45. BALLOON RELAY
This minute to win it game requires a lot of coordination, making it one of the best team games to play. Teammates must run from the start line to the finish line while balancing a balloon between their bodies without using their hands. This game works best in pairs.
46. TEAM LEAPFROG
Want to get a bit physical? Try this minute to win it game! In this game, teammates must leapfrog over each other to reach the finish line as fast as possible.
47. EGG TOSS
This is another team game that is best played in pairs. The pairs must toss an egg between an each other, increasing the distance each time. If you drop an egg, you’re out!
48. HUMAN KNOT
If you’re familiar with team-building games, you may have already tried human knot. But have you tried to solve it in under a minute? If you need a refresher, teammates must hold hands to form a “knot” and untangle themselves without letting go.
49. BLINDFOLDED BALLOON POP
This is another blindfold and communication team minute to win it game! One teammate must guide the blindfolded teammate to pop balloons using only verbal instructions.
50. SPEEDY CHARADES
Why not play some charades while you’re at it? But in true minute to win it fashion, the contestants must act out as many words as possible in one minute with their team guessing the words one by one.
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