Why pass in family feud

Assuming there are total points on the board sometimes there are less if the producers disregard low-scoring answers , we have at most 79 points left. In this scenario, you should play. Given the high average points per answer, your family has a better-than-average chance at clearing the board and keeping all of the points.

Prompt: Name a profession that requires you to interact with a lot of drunk people. Just four. Do you know how stupid the answers are when they get that low? Remember: to steal points from the other team, you only need to guess one correct answer. Another benefit of passing to the other team is TIME.

All you need is one good one, and the points are all yours. What do you think? Am I insane or have Let me know. Totally disagree. If you play, you have two ways to win—guess all of the remaining answers, or have the other family not guess any remaining answer. In my mind, passing in Family Feud is like taking insurance in blackjack.

Almost never a good bet. I think always playing is the right move because there are 2 ways to win instead of 1 but some statistical analysis here would be helpful. I think its definitly a case by case thing that should be taken into consideration. I forget what the scenario was, but I chose to pass on one of the prompts. My team was mad at me for a few minutes, but we were able to steal the points.

This is a well written and lengthy post that attempts to answer the classic play vs pass question. Unfortunately falls well short and results in a clickbait title.

The only way to answer this question is with statistics. Statistics folks. Family Feud also gives families the opportunity to win a car. But how do you split a car between five people? In case of a tie, both teams will play.

After the answers are given or if the time limit, either 15 seconds or 20 seconds, is up , the answers and their point values are revealed. After that, the other member is asked the same five questions, with a time limit of either 20 or 25 seconds. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home How do you play Family Feud with family? Ben Davis May 31, If their answer is lower, control goes back to the first team.

Note: If a player fails to give an answer immediately he loses his turn. One member of each team faces the other in a face-off as the teacher reads the question off the game board. The team that now has the control is able to give one answer in the hopes that it is found on the board.

If not, the other team gets the points.