Hinge Prompts for Men: The Full List With Example Answers

A woman opens your Hinge page, reads three questions with your answers under them, and decides in a few seconds whether to type anything. The question you pick decides how easy that is before you write a word. This guide lists the Hinge prompts a man is likely to meet, sorts each by what it asks her to do, and gives an example answer written the way a man would say it.

Hinge's help center page on editing prompts says a profile shows three prompt answers at a time and that you can change them as often as you like. It tells you to tap the Photo Icon, tap the Pencil Icon, then tap the pencil beside a prompt, and it adds that "you can select a category at the top to narrow things down." That is the whole description of the list. The help pages do not print every prompt, because the full list lives in the app's picker and Hinge changes it.

What Hinge does publish is scattered through its announcements. Its own research, quoted in its Prompt Feedback announcement, found that likes on text prompts were 47% more likely to lead to a date than likes on photos. The same announcement says many daters fall back on generic, one-word or cliche answers, and it gives two examples: "pineapple on pizza" and being "overly competitive about... everything."

So the list below has two parts. Every prompt Hinge names in its own pages is in it. The rest are prompts that show up in the picker again and again and that we have written full guides for. Retired prompts are left out. Check the picker on your phone before you commit, because a prompt can move or disappear.

Sort every prompt into one of four shapes. It takes five seconds and tells you more than the wording does. Here is the full breakdown.

• A plan: it asks you to put the two of you somewhere doing something.
• A side: it asks you to hold an opinion she can argue with.
• A small story: it asks for one true thing that happened.
• A fact or a label: it asks you to describe yourself, and she has nothing to push against.

Plans, sides and stories get replies. Facts and labels get a nod and a scroll. Most men fill their page with labels because those feel safe.

These are the strongest group for a man, because the answer hands her an evening to say yes or no to.

• Together, we could... "Take the ferry to the last stop and eat at whatever place is closest to the dock." One place, one action. She can counter with her own stop. How to answer it.
• First round is on me if... "You can name a better pizza place than the one on the corner of my street. I will listen to the whole case." A small dare she can take. How to answer it.
• This year, I really want to... "Finish a full triathlon, which is a strange thing to say for a man who learned to swim at twenty-six." Aim at something with a start and an end, not "grow as a person." How to answer it.
• Before we meet, you should listen to... "The Fleetwood Mac album I play every Sunday while I make breakfast. Tell me which track I should be embarrassed about." She gets a track to judge, and judging is easy.
• I'll brag about you to my friends if... "You can beat my sister at Scrabble. Nobody has managed it in six years." Names a person and a game. How to answer it.

A side works because disagreeing takes no effort. Pick a small hill, not a political one.

• I go crazy for... "A gas station burrito at one in the morning after a good night out. Defend your own guilty meal." The prompt most men start with, which is why a specific answer stands out. How to answer it.
• Change my mind about... "Cilantro. I have tried it in eleven restaurants and it still tastes like soap." She gets a job: convince you. How to answer it.
• Let's debate this topic... "Is a hot dog a sandwich? I will be taking the no side and I will not be moved." How to answer it.
• I'm convinced that... "Every group chat has exactly one person who replies eleven hours later and is the funniest one in it." How to answer it.
• I bet you can't... "Name three songs from the nineties that don't have the word 'baby' in them. I have tried." A game she can lose to you or beat you at. How to answer it.
• I'll fall for you if... "You admit the movie is better than the book, once, out loud, in front of my friends." A mild opinion she can argue with. How to answer it.
• Dating me is like... "Sitting next to the person who has already read the menu and tells you what to order. It works out about nine times in ten." How to answer it.
• Don't hate me if I... "Put hot sauce on a perfectly good pasta. I have been told it is a crime." Confess something small and a little ridiculous. How to answer it.
• You should not go out with me if... "You need a plan for the weekend by Wednesday. I find out on Friday." Honest, light, and it filters. How to answer it.

One true moment beats five adjectives. A story hands her a detail to ask about.

• Best travel story... "Missed the last train out of Osaka, slept at a 24-hour karaoke place, and woke up to a hundred salarymen singing at breakfast." Two sentences, one scene. How to answer it.
• Typical Sunday... "Farmers market by nine, a long run I did not want to go on, then an hour on the couch pretending to read." Three beats she can see. How to answer it.
• In my friend group, I'm the one who... "Gets sent the group's restaurant bookings because I am the only one who answers the phone." Her best way to picture you with your people. Your World list.
• I'm in my element when... "It is the last hour before eight people arrive for dinner and the kitchen is a mess." Aim at one specific hour, not a general activity.
• An award my family would give me... "Most Likely to Arrive Early and Wait in the Car." A joke with a person behind it.
• You'd never know it, but I... "Can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute. I learned it during a very long flight delay." A skill, not a confession.
• Unusual skills... "I can tell what time it is within ten minutes without looking at anything. It works in every city I have tried." How to answer it.
• A life goal of mine... "Own a bookshop with a cat who has opinions about the customers." Small enough to picture. How to answer it.

These tempt a man into a list of demands. Keep them to one real thing, said warmly.

• I want someone who... "Will take a spontaneous drive with me and not ask where we are going until we are halfway there." How to answer it.
• Green flags I look for... "Someone who is kind to the server and tips like she means it." Shows your values through behavior. How to answer it.
• All I ask is that you... "Laugh at my jokes in the first ten minutes, even the bad ones. After that you are free to stop." How to answer it.
• We'll get along if... "You think a good Saturday includes one nap and one unplanned detour." How to answer it.
• The key to my heart is... "A text that says 'saw this and thought of you,' with a photo of a dog in a raincoat." How to answer it.
• Something that's non-negotiable for me is... "A real breakfast on a Sunday. Eggs, a table, no phones." How to answer it.
• We're the same type of weird if... "You rewatch the same comedy every winter and know every line." How to answer it.
• I'm looking for... Treat it as a plan prompt. "Someone to try every ramen place in the city with me and keep a ranking in a notes app." How to answer it.

These are the risky ones. Each can work, but only if your answer is a story or a stance in disguise.

• Two truths and a lie... "I have met a president, I have broken my collarbone twice, I am afraid of pigeons." Works because she has a game to play. How to answer it.
• My greatest strength... "Finding the one good taco truck in any parking lot I drive through." Never answer with an adjective like "loyal." How to answer it.
• The dorkiest thing about me is... "I have a spreadsheet for my fantasy football draft and a second spreadsheet for how wrong the first one was." How to answer it.
• My most irrational fear... "Escalators that stop. I will walk up a dead one like I have been personally insulted." How to answer it.
• What if I told you that... "The best restaurant in this city is inside a gas station. Prove me wrong." How to answer it.
• I geek out on... "Old subway maps. Ask me why the lines on the oldest one are all the wrong colors." Give her the question to ask. How to answer it.
• The one thing you should know about me is... "I will always take the long way home if the sunset is good." How to answer it.

Written answers are one of several formats. Hinge describes the others in its help center: a Photo Prompt pairs a prompt with one of your photos, a Video Prompt pairs one with a short video, and a Prompt Poll lets her pick which of three answers she wants to react to and send a Like or a Rose straight to it. Each is optional, and you can add one Video Prompt and one Prompt Poll. A Voice Prompt works the same way with a recording.

Hinge names several in its own announcements. Voice prompts include "proof I have musical talent," "my best celebrity impression," "guess the song" and "best travel story." Video prompts include "Hi from me and my pet," "Can we talk about," "I'm a 10 but" and "Something that's special to me." Poll prompts include "Instead of getting drinks, let's," "A dream home must include," "Pick the best one," "We'll instantly hit it off..." and "Which do we have in common."

A few ways to use them well:

• Poll: "Instead of getting drinks, let's..." Options: "Rent bikes and get lost," "Split a bag of dumplings standing up," "Walk the dog park and rate every dog." Each one is a date she can tease you about. For a two-option poll, see how to use Would You Rather questions in your Hinge prompts.
• Voice: "My best celebrity impression" Do one you can do well, in under half a minute, in a quiet room. A bad impression is better than no personality, and a stiff read of a script is worse than both.
• Video: "Hi from me and my pet" Let the animal do the work. A relaxed ten seconds of you talking to your dog tells her more than three adjectives.
• Photo Prompt: Put a prompt on the photo that needs context, such as the mountain summit shot, and let the answer be the story of getting there.

Deeper pages: the best video prompts, voice prompt ideas, popular poll questions and Photo Prompts.

Two other things sit next to prompts on some profiles. Friend's Take lets someone who knows you answer a short prompt about you, and its help page gives examples such as "A moment I still laugh about" and "What they're doing at a party." Here is how it works. Hinge also runs Passing Thoughts for some members, a weekly set of three quick prompts whose answers disappear after seven days.

Hinge said it was retiring ten older prompts when it released its Your World set, and it named three: "Biggest risk I've taken...", "Worst idea I've ever had..." and "I'll pick the topic if you start the conversation..." The other seven were not named in the announcement.

If a list tells you to answer one of these three, it was written before the change. Do not build your page around a prompt you cannot find in the picker.

Hinge released the Your World set with relationship expert Esther Perel. It has ten prompts, from "In my friend group, I'm the one who..." to "Where I go when I want to feel a little more like myself..." The full set is here.

Three answers should sound like one man on three different days. A good mix is one plan, one side and one story. You can swap them in minutes, so the first page is a draft.

Here is a page that works:

1. Together, we could... "Take the ferry to the last stop and eat at whatever place is closest to the dock."
2. Change my mind about... "Cilantro. I have tried it in eleven restaurants and it still tastes like soap."
3. Typical Sunday... "Farmers market by nine, a long run I did not want to go on, then an hour on the couch pretending to read."

She can answer the first with a place, the second with a defense of cilantro, and the third with "which market?" Three doors, all different. A page of "good food, good people, good vibes" makes her invent her own way in.

If nobody writes to you in a week, rewrite the answers before you change the prompts. If one answer is never quoted back to you, swap the prompt above it.

Four mistakes cover most dead pages. If the blank box itself is what stops you, read why Hinge prompts are so hard to answer.

Three of the same shape. Three jokes read as a man with one setting. Three wants-and-needs read as an application.

One-word answers. "Travel." "Coffee." "Fitness." They cost you the slot.

Answers about her. Prompts like "I want someone who" turn into a checklist. Keep it warm and short.

The most popular prompt with the most popular answer. Popular means common. A common prompt with a specific answer is fine. A common prompt with "good vibes only" is invisible.

Hinge also offers Prompt Feedback, which its help page says gives private, optional feedback on up to three prompts for members with a complete profile, in three levels: "Great Answer," "Try a Small Change" and "Go a Little Deeper" (what that last level means). Hinge announced it as its first AI-powered coaching feature and says it does not write the answer for you. What it does and does not do. Two follow-up questions have their own pages: whether it penalizes funny answers and who can use it and in which languages.

Her first message comes from your answer, so write one she can reply to. Here is how a good answer sets up an easy opener, and here is how to open off hers. For jokes, read how to write funny prompts that get replies. For whole pages, see Hinge profile examples for guys and the ideal answers that get responses. If you are weighing Hinge against a questionnaire site, see the eHarmony questionnaire vs Hinge prompts.