# Which U.S. State do You Associate With The Game Euchre? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 27, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236 "2012-12-27T00:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/81 "2013-01-14T18:20:10Z")
Southern Indiana. Nearly all of us play euchre. A great game. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/82 "2013-01-14T18:47:19Z")
Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/83 "2013-01-15T02:50:38Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Of course, it appears to be a French word, no? _Mais non!_ The best educated guess seems to be the word is of Spanish origin from the phrase _ser yuca_. [http://www.word-detective.com/012000.html](http://www.word-detective.com/012000.html) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/84 "2013-01-15T16:35:56Z")
My grandparents lived in Michigan when I was a kid and when our family got together there, they’d always play euchre. As I got older, I started to get the game myself. Michigan for the win, Art. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/85 "2013-01-16T07:22:31Z")
I learned how to play Euchre in the Army but I don’t remember where the person was from who taught it to me. The people who knew how to play Sheepshead though were always from Wisconsin and that was a fun game to play. I did not care much for euchre, though I very much like to play 500 bid which seems to be local to Western Pennsylvsania and euchre- ish but with more cards. The thing that makes me think euchre is from southern Ohio and Norther Kentucky is that every bar in the Northern Kentucky area has a euchre tournament at least once a week, or at least they did when I was there and they were a prett big deal. I never heard of bars sponsoring card tournaments anywhere else. Also, it seems to be German and that area of the country has a large German population. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/86 "2013-01-16T07:29:01Z")
P.S. I don’t know the origin of the word “euchre” though it looks French, the word “bauer” is german for farmer. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/87 "2013-01-17T04:46:15Z")
There are bars in Chicago that have Euchre nights. I think most cities of any significant size will have bars that do this as well. But I’ve never considered Illinois as a big Euchre state, though it does benefit from proximity to states that are. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236/88 "2013-01-17T08:35:22Z")
I’m a Illinoisan and I grew up playing both Euchre and Cribbage. I would associate it with Illinois but it’s definitely an outside-Chicago game and when you’re getting into rural Illinois you’re basically talking about Wisconsin-by-proxy. So, if I were playing the Family Feud I’d go with Wisco. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-state-do-you-associate-with-the-game-euchre/645236.md?page=4)