Rice Purity Test score 63: Average Explorer
Is 63 a good score?
There is no good or bad Rice Purity Test score. 63 means 37 of the 100 items were checked and 63 were left unchecked: the test opens at 100 and removes a point for each item you have done, so the number counts situations you have been in, not merit. Two people on 63 can have checked completely different items.
The middle of the scale: a third to just under half the list applied.
Scores here usually span dating, drinking and part of the sexual block while leaving the drug and arrest questions empty. Both halves of the list are in play, neither of them finished.
What checking 37 boxes actually covers
Scoring 63 means 37 of the 100 questions were answered yes. The list escalates as it goes, so a 63 usually covers all of romance & dating and online & modern life, with sexual experience and parties & nightlife partly checked.
Where 37 checks reach on the classic list
- 35.Cheated on a significant other during a relationship?
- 36.Purchased contraceptives?
- 37.Gave oral sex?
38.Received oral sex? โ the first item a 63 leaves unchecked.
Question order is fixed, so this is where the count lands, not a guess about you.
A 63 sits 13 points above the halfway mark of the scale, so more of the questionnaire is still unchecked than checked.
Which parts of the list 37 checks can come from
All 37 checks could sit outside the sexual block, since 40 of the 100 statements do. Whether they actually do is the part a score cannot tell you. Each block below links to its opening question, and every statement has its own page.
One point either way
63 against the full scale
9 bands cover 0 to 100. The Average Explorer row is the one holding 63.
| Score | Band | What the number describes | Detail page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Untouched | Nothing on the list applied. That is the ceiling of the test.The top of the scale means every statement was left unchecked. The list opens with the mildest situations it has โ holding hands, a first kiss โ so holding the ceiling means none of those applied either. | Score 100 โ Untouched example page |
| 95โ99 | Pure Soul | A handful of the mildest statements applied, and nothing beyond them.A score this close to the ceiling comes from the opening romance statements. The drinking, sexual and law-breaking questions are still untouched. | Score 97 โ Pure Soul example page |
| 85โ94 | Mostly Innocent | Enough checked to cover dating and kissing, and little past it.Under a sixth of the list applied. That is room for the romance block without reaching the questions about sex, drinking or anything with legal consequences. | Score 90 โ Mostly Innocent example page |
| 70โ84 | Curious | Dating is behind you and the bolder questions have started to land.Roughly a sixth to a third of the list applied โ enough to clear the romance block and reach the first questions about drinking or sex, with the drug and law-breaking end untouched. | Score 77 โ Curious example page |
| 55โ69 โ the band your score falls in | Average Explorer | The middle of the scale: a third to just under half the list applied.Scores here usually span dating, drinking and part of the sexual block while leaving the drug and arrest questions empty. Both halves of the list are in play, neither of them finished. | Score 62 โ Average Explorer example page |
| 40โ54 | Experienced | About half the list applied.Reaching this range takes more than one block: the sexual questions are largely checked and the substance questions have started. The far end of the list โ arrests, hard drugs โ is still mostly empty. | Score 47 โ Experienced example page |
| 25โ39 | Wild Card | Three fifths to three quarters of the list applied.Getting this far needs checks in every block โ romance, sex, substances, and some of the risk and law-breaking questions. No single section of the list can carry a score this low on its own. | Score 32 โ Wild Card example page |
| 10โ24 | Veteran | Most of the list applied; what is left is the specific and the rare.At this end the unchecked statements are the particular ones: a particular substance, a particular arrest, a particular situation that simply has not come up. | Score 17 โ Veteran example page |
| 0โ9 | Off the Charts | Nearly everything on the list applied โ the floor of the test.A single-digit score means answering yes to almost every statement the list contains, including the arrest, hard-drug and high-risk items. | Score 5 โ Off the Charts example page |
Questions people actually ask
What does a Rice Purity Test score of 63 mean?
63 falls in the Average Explorer band. Scoring 63 means 37 of the 100 questions were answered yes. The list escalates as it goes, so a 63 usually covers all of romance & dating and online & modern life, with sexual experience and parties & nightlife partly checked.
How many questions does a score of 63 mean you checked?
37. Each of the 100 statements is worth one point, so the score is 100 minus the number of boxes ticked.
Get your own number
6 versions of the questionnaire, each scored the same way and compared against its own pool of submissions.
- Rice Purity TestAdults 18 and over who want the full, unedited 100-item list.100 questions
- Teen Purity TestStudents aged 13-17, and anyone who wants the version without the adult questions.50 questions
- Couples Purity TestCouples at any stage who want a structured way to compare what they have actually done together.50 questions
- Innocence TestAnyone who wants a life-experience score they can compare at a family dinner.100 questions
- College Purity TestUndergraduates, and anyone who wants their university years scored rather than their whole life.50 questions
- LGBTQ Purity TestLGBTQ readers and anyone who wants a list that does not assume how their dating life is shaped.50 questions