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U.S. States by Borders

Can you name these U.S. state based on the other states that they border?
Quiz by inderweg
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Last updated: September 2, 2021
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First submittedMay 2, 2014
Times taken26,522
Average score80.0%
Rating4.56
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Bordering states
State
Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
California
Idaho, Oregon
Washington
Alabama, Georgia
Florida
New Hampshire
Maine
Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas
Louisiana
Connecticut, Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York
Vermont
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
Wisconsin
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Delaware
California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
Arizona
Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
Indiana
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Maryland
Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana
North Dakota
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Idaho
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma
Texas
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia
Tennessee
Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island
Connecticut
Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Montana
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
Michigan
32 Comments
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Level 33
Jul 25, 2014
Fun quiz! Should have more time though...
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Level 59
Apr 18, 2024
Disagree, less time. 2 minutes should be sufficient.
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Level 73
Apr 23, 2025
Not everybody is from the US and/or know the locations of the states that well (even on this site)

Could you do the same for the counties of the UK in less than two minutes? (if you are not from there) or the cantons of Switzerland?

Allow people to learn please. You don't lose anything by having more seconds left after you finish, it actually gives you more to brag about.

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Level 88
Aug 18, 2014
why? 100% with 1:03 left over. :)
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Level 48
Feb 18, 2017
I got 100% with just 1 second remaining!
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Level 97
Sep 2, 2021
Cool quiz! Only one I got stumped on was Idaho
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Level 82
Sep 2, 2021
Easy peasy.
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Level 79
Sep 2, 2021
I didn't realize that Idaho touched that many states. Ida wish ida known.
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Level 88
Sep 3, 2021
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Level 75
Sep 4, 2021
Thirty seconds more.
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Level 81
Sep 13, 2021
As soon as I saw that one had 7+ states, I automatically knew it would be Tennessee. Didn't even have to think about it.
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Level 79
Sep 25, 2021
That's what saved me too. Otherwise I wouldn't have made it in the given time.
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Level 79
Sep 25, 2021
Arizona also touches Colorado.
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Level 70
Sep 25, 2021
...how
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Level 71
Sep 25, 2021
4 Corners monument. Only place where 4 states meet. (P.S. Arizona borders Colorado)
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Level 63
Feb 25, 2024
that mistake still hasn't been rectified 3 years later.
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Level 70
Sep 25, 2021
Good quiz, DON'T add any more time, it'd be too easy
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Level 72
Sep 26, 2021
Feel like a little time should be shaved off of this one. Majority complete it right now.
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Level 52
Apr 15, 2022
I know you're not including maritime borders but Michigan also shares maritime borders with Illinois and Minnesota across Lakes Michigan and Superior respectively which appear to be the only cases of maritime-only borders between two states.
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Level 74
May 2, 2022
New York and Rhode Island also share a maritime border. That being said, it would be pretty pedantic even for the standards of this site to include it.
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Level 63
Apr 21, 2022
Alabama and Georgia also border Tennessee.

But the quiz only accepted the answer of Florida.

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Level 28
Jun 23, 2022
Because it names all of the states that the given state borders, and Tennessee borders more just than Alabama and Georgia.
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Level 58
Jan 3, 2023
Yay, Idaho!
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Level 44
Mar 30, 2023
It's surprising that california and delaware border the same number of states. Goes to show how compact New England is
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Level 66
Sep 7, 2024
Delaware isn’t in New England. Only Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut are.
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Level 57
Jun 16, 2023
As a Michigander, it hurts me to see so few people knowing where our state even is.
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Level 41
Nov 17, 2023
Fr like we have the most memorable map, you just put both your hands together :(
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Level 50
Aug 26, 2023
I ran out of time before I could guess Michigan :(
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Level 67
Feb 12, 2024
gave us no time at all
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Level 82
Feb 22, 2024
Interesting that this is mostly edge states. Logically they would have fewer borders than interior states, but this does make the quiz a bit easier.
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Level 63
Feb 25, 2024
Another quiz spoiled by an insufficient time limit. You need to play test your quizzes to see if you provide adequate time, which in this case you didn't.
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Level 57
Apr 22, 2025
Not enough time and I usually don’t say that