Euchre


Euchre (IPA: ) is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. It is closely related to the French game Écarté and it may be sometimes referred as "Knock Euchre" to distinguish it from Bid Euchre.

The British Isles (most notably in the Channel Islands, Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, and Kent), Canada, Australia and New Zealand all have large followings of the game. Euchre has declined in popularity in the United States since the 19th century, when it was widely regarded as the national card game, but it retains a strong following in some regions. Today, the game is most predominant in the Midwest (especially Michigan, Northern Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa), as well as Pennsylvania and upstate New York — all areas with significant populations of German-Americans who settled in those areas during the 19th century.