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30 Conversation Starters for Chatting With Strangers

Stuck after "hi"? Thirty easy, fun openers for random chats, from light questions to would-you-rather and deeper ones.

The hardest part of talking to a stranger is the second message. "Hi" gets you started, then everything goes quiet. Keep a few of these ready.

Easy openers

  • What's the best thing that happened to you this week?
  • What are you doing online at this hour?
  • Tea or coffee, and how do you take it?
  • What's a song you've had on repeat lately?
  • Which city do you wish you lived in?
  • What's your comfort movie?
  • Mountains or beach?
  • What's the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
  • Are you a morning person or a night owl?
  • What's a food you could eat every day?

Would you rather

  • Would you rather live without music or without movies?
  • Would you rather be able to talk to animals or speak every language?
  • Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for life?
  • Would you rather win a cricket World Cup or an Oscar?
  • Would you rather travel 100 years back or 100 years forward?

A little deeper

  • What's something you're proud of that nobody knows about?
  • What would you do if you didn't have to work?
  • What's a small thing that instantly improves your day?
  • Who's someone who changed your life?
  • What's a skill you'd love to learn?
  • What's the best advice you've ever received?
  • What do you miss about being a kid?
  • What's a place that feels like home?
  • What are you looking forward to right now?
  • If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?

Five more for gamers and movie fans

  • What's the game you've spent the most hours on?
  • Which movie ending would you rewrite?
  • Best Tamil, Hindi or Telugu movie of all time, go.
  • Ludo or chess?
  • Which web series should everyone watch?

Let the chat do the work

On Booick you don't even need a line. Tap the mini-games in a stranger chat for a quick Truth or Dare, Would You Rather or emoji game, or challenge them to Ludo or Chess and talk while you play.

Try it in a stranger chat →

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