Letters of the Greek Alphabet Quiz
You shouldn't have to be in a frat or sorority to name at least a few Greek letters. But if you are, can you name them all?
As spelled in the English language
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| First submitted | January 5, 2013 |
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| Rating | 4.90 |
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johnnyaitch
+3
Level 63
Jun 24, 2010
15/24. I was never in a frat, but have traveled to Greece.
studentportal1
+1
Level 21
May 15, 2020
i didn't score anything
Gigano
+2
Level 23
Mar 6, 2011
I studied Greek.
2kool4skoolz
+5
Level 44
Mar 19, 2011
i have alpha beta and omega so far...
mal
+3
Level 53
Aug 26, 2011
Quite pleased with my 15/24 as I am English and didn't study sciences or maths!
Elan
+24
Level 62
Feb 18, 2016
How did you not study math? Did you go to school?
jadekelly
+3
Level 29
Sep 16, 2011
What is the connection between Greek letters and fraternities/soroities?
MrBrendan47
+5
Level 27
Sep 12, 2012
They're all named after greek letters.
ander217
+21
Level 78
Jan 5, 2015
The two most popular frats at my campus were I Felta Thigh, and I Tappa Keg.
Elan
+3
Level 62
Feb 18, 2016
Well done, sir.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 82
Jan 2, 2017
ander217 is a woman.
delky06
+3
Level 33
Oct 16, 2011
100% with 2:30 left.
TheAmazingBooker
+2
Level 32
Nov 16, 2011
Thank you Phi Mu Alpha! Zeta Sigma '05!
czechouterica
+2
Level 46
Jun 10, 2016
Oh hey, a Sinfonian!
boomersooner91
+1
Level 16
Nov 19, 2011
cant believe i forgot chi D:
sidhera
+2
Level 30
Dec 20, 2011
Where's digamma? or sampi? :-p
Kristybabii
+4
Level 41
Jan 18, 2012
Thank you math lol!!
Azazello
+1
Level 34
Mar 18, 2020
Same lol, know most of them through math and physics haha
krispy
+1
Level 17
May 28, 2012
24/24 with 2:03 left and i've studied greece once...
krazyredneck
+1
Level 5
Oct 1, 2012
6/24 said i had to memorize this in seventh grade. (100%)
Woodlouse7
+1
Level 16
Oct 4, 2012
am 12 and i got them all with 2:25 left
annabeth2
+1
Level 6
Mar 6, 2016
am 10 and I got them all with 2:05 left
SilverFlute
+2
Level 25
Jul 8, 2016
@helen +1!
Freestatebear
+4
Level 78
Jul 26, 2016
While I agree that everyone, especially kids, should be cautious about posting personal info online, I really doubt there's much danger with putting a user name and an age in the comments section of a quiz site. Cyber criminals are clever, but not clairvoyant!
mariposita
+9
Level 60
Aug 21, 2016
am 6 months old and got them all with 10:56 left
Shade9099
+2
Level 60
Jan 24, 2019
Geez @Freestatebear kudos for trying lol
arirose94
+2
Level 32
Nov 19, 2012
Thanks to Chemistry and Physics, I got 15.
Athena
+1
Level 17
Dec 7, 2012
I LOVE GREEK MYTHOLOGY!!!! YAY! Especially Athena!!!!!!!!!! Wait, that's not related to the alphabet. Well, I got 100%!!!!!!
GhostRider
+4
Level 39
Apr 29, 2015
Ha! I love you! :D
GhostRider
+1
Level 39
Apr 29, 2015
I just have to say... Athena is awesome... almost as awesome as Ghost Rider, a.k.a. me... and I love it when people say totally random things... and I love ... as you can see... HA! I'm weird as weird can be. It's also late. And I'm a bit hyper... so... yeah.
oatybiscuit32
+1
Level 50
Aug 9, 2016
Yay! I agree!
ssaqibh
+1
Level 42
Jan 5, 2013
I don't know why I memorized this in school some 30 years ago. Still remember them all. Got it with 1:57 left because of my typing speed.
MattPett12
+1
Level 21
Jan 5, 2013
2:40 left
Zivi
+1
Level 29
Jan 6, 2013
Memorized it when I was bored in study hall and had finished my homework.
benhesford
+1
Level 15
Nov 25, 2016
same bro, used to re do my maths exams in roman numerals
kevlarkev
+2
Level 49
Jan 7, 2013
Thanks to Revenge of the Nerds, I got Lambda
someone2018
+1
Level 81
Jul 27, 2019
Anyone else notice how they seemed to pronounce the Tri Lams more like the dry lambs?
Sulps
+6
Level 59
Jan 7, 2013
The thing hardest for me here was spelling them in English.
MyMindWentBlank
+1
Level 52
Jan 5, 2017
Same! I know all the letters by heart but have rarely seen many of them spelled out in English.
sulfuratus
+2
Level 64
Jan 6, 2017
Agreed. I mean, what the hell is Upsilon? I ended up using a dictionary to look up the English spelling.
ssm99
+3
Level 22
Jan 26, 2013
Omikron is spelled with a k, not a c.
luckyluc96
+3
Level 58
Jul 5, 2016
In English it is 'Omicron', in other languages like German and Dutch it is indeed 'Omikron'.
pick
+3
Level 31
Jan 13, 2017
both are correct. both should be allowed
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 46
Jan 15, 2017
Agreed. Omikron is the only way I have ever seen it written down, and I'm American. It's actually more correct than omicron because "mikron" is the English transliteration of the Greek for little ("mega" is big, therefore, "little o" and "big O"). The only letter that makes a C sound in Greek is Kappa, which is always transliterated as a K.
MyMindWentBlank
+1
Level 52
Feb 25, 2019
The English transliteration of kappa is often C; consider Crete from Κρήτη or microscopic from μικρός + σκοπέω.
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 46
Feb 8, 2020
Very true, I stand corrected on that last part. However, I feel like the letters should be spelled the way they are in Greek, seeing as they're, you know, the letters themselves. IDK just my two cents
buck1017
+1
Level 70
Jan 30, 2013
Curse you Upsilon!!!
icetruckkiller
+2
Level 28
Feb 25, 2013
Cod you accept "Ro" for "Rho" and "Jota"/"Yota" for "Iota"?
Lemurlover3
+2
Level 43
May 6, 2013
No
buck1017
+1
Level 70
May 28, 2014
What about Yoda for Iota? Greek alphabet I know...hrrrmmmmm?
smartcookie17
+1
Level 50
Jul 16, 2014
That's great. That is so, so great.
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 46
Jan 15, 2017
I don't know, cod you?
mahble
+1
Level 69
Jul 20, 2017
Well no, because the Latinized form of these letters couldn't have had a j until late in the empire. It would have been Iota through and through.
webkinztoco123
+1
Level 44
May 5, 2013
i only got three...
theperiodictable
+1
Level 46
Aug 13, 2017
Same...
thecatwarrior
+2
Level 49
Dec 20, 2013
I got bored once so I decided to memorize it
leia13
+2
Level 2
Jan 23, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQVoz-HX2cA
for anyone who doesn't get this and fails the game go watch this amazing video trust me i learned all of them after i heard this and share the story also enjoy:)
Bees
+1
Level 14
Jan 23, 2014
Loved it!
modboy72
+1
Level 21
Apr 12, 2014
All those years of studying greek in Bible College paid off.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 52
Jan 27, 2018
Me, too.
MeiHotaru
+1
Level 28
Apr 18, 2014
Got it with 2:11 left
chaosBEE
+1
Level 25
May 3, 2014
Got 24/24. Watched this a couple of days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQVoz-HX2cA
deekei
+1
Level 25
May 13, 2014
im only 15. Yet im shocked I get perfect within 30 seconds.
slugarmy
+14
Level 19
Sep 13, 2017
Wow, and I'm like, shocked that I almost care.
Rowand33
+3
Level 51
Nov 9, 2017
+1
Figbar
+3
Level 22
Jan 10, 2018
+1
iPhillip
+1
Level 21
Dec 31, 2019
+1
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 82
Feb 8, 2020
I’m shocked this has so many likes.
ander217
+2
Level 78
May 16, 2014
At my school, pledges had to sing the entire Greek alphabet while marching in line, everywhere they went. There wasn't a person in my dorm, Greek or Indie, who couldn't sing that annoying song in our sleep! I'm surprised I had 2:21 left. Should have gotten it even faster.
Yankee
+3
Level 55
Jun 23, 2014
I'm a Greek-American and I knew the alphabet but not how to spell the words like you AMERICANS spell them :). Good quiz anyways.
australianviking
+5
Level 36
Aug 1, 2014
Makes it kinda ironic your username is Yankee
DatDiamondDerp
+2
Level 7
Jul 31, 2014
>_> thank you Percy Jackson series/Heroes of olympus, because I got only 5 right T-T
australianviking
+1
Level 36
Aug 1, 2014
Thank you, Red vs Blue!
angie1998
+2
Level 10
Oct 5, 2014
well I'm a Greek but it's so damn difficult to spell the letters in english since I only know them in greek..i only got 21 shame on me!
Polygal2017
+3
Level 47
Dec 6, 2014
I'm currently taking chemistry, physics, algebra two, and probability & statistics. Everything we use in those classes I got. (Except pi... I forgot pi.)
Jonathan
+1
Level 31
Dec 6, 2014
holy crap, remembered the obvious four of course, as well as Xi from old Scrabble dictionaries.
mimilol10
+1
Level 6
Dec 7, 2014
so cool
Arp2600
+2
Level 80
Jan 5, 2015
Being a physicist, this was easy. I almost forgot theta, our favorite letter for angles, though...
Arp2600
+2
Level 80
Jan 2, 2017
Anyway, some alternate spelling could be accepted : Khi for Chi, Ksi for Xi, Ypsilon for Upsilon.
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 5, 2015
yep yep winner
deltadiamond
+1
Level 44
Jan 5, 2015
Only reason I got these is because of Spectrobes.
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
wut that
Constable
+1
Level 28
Jan 6, 2015
This was a great quiz!
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
ez as pi
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
1:54 O.O
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
testing testing 1234567890
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
cool
JimmyUrgent
+1
Level 16
Jan 7, 2015
I'm such a loser, i only got "alpha" "omega" "delta" "pi" and "beta"
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
r u serious
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
no your not
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
i have an awesome scent of sensation on the greek alphabeta geta it ha not really a good 1
SammyMan09
+1
Level 14
Jan 25, 2015
Darn, it didn't take Illuminati.
Tanaya
+1
Level 42
Feb 5, 2015
9 yrs old, 100%, 2:30 :) yay
annabeth2
+1
Level 6
Mar 6, 2016
Splendid!
AminaMim2
+1
Level 6
Feb 27, 2015
Love the quiz!!!
AminaMim2
+1
Level 6
Mar 3, 2015
2:45!!!
itudis
+2
Level 60
Apr 4, 2015
I am greek and I misspelled three letters.
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jul 17, 2015
Hope u have a fantastic day every1
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Aug 1, 2015
Since I'm more mature and older than before I wish u all a fantastic day
daffad
+1
Level 20
Oct 13, 2015
EEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYY!
1:38!
Elan
+1
Level 62
Nov 22, 2015
14/24 and the ones I knew I got from math and Brave New World.
Supersonic96
+1
Level 9
Dec 1, 2015
Great quiz, i knew them all but i couldn't spell them
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Dec 24, 2015
Nice Quiz
Phlash
+1
Level 47
Jan 2, 2016
When I pledged a fraternity, back in the dark ages, we had to hold a burning match and say the Greek alphabet before the flame got to our fingers. I learned fast, and have never forgotten!
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Feb 24, 2018
Man that sounds really stupid!
Chachi30
+1
Level 15
Jan 27, 2016
Take that! I'm 13 and I beat most of you!
Elan
+1
Level 62
Feb 18, 2016
24/24 with 2:19 left and I'm a sophomore in high school.
kdmq
+1
Level 25
Mar 4, 2016
Greek letters are easy to remember but very unnatural to type. (since it's obviously not english)
annabeth2
+1
Level 6
Mar 6, 2016
I am less then 11 years old and I got everything correct with a 2:05 minutes left.
Grafakos
+1
Level 38
Jun 22, 2016
Sigh, a former math major and I still managed to miss zeta, rho, iota, and psi.
TGCML
+1
Level 21
Jun 27, 2016
I tried "Xsi", "ksi", ... and then gave up to find that it is "Chi". never thought of this combination.
Arp2600
+1
Level 80
Jan 2, 2017
Ksi = xi. There is no "s" sound in "Chi".
SilverFlute
+2
Level 25
Jul 8, 2016
Alpha
Beta
Charlie?
FumeShroom
+1
Level 19
Aug 1, 2016
0:49 100%
Gamer1162
+1
Level 64
Sep 26, 2016
Thank goodness my father was in a fraternity and I learned some of these letters
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 62
Jan 2, 2017
He knew it would help you tremendously succeed later in life.
Walacama
+2
Level 75
Nov 30, 2016
Please accept Feta for Cheese. It's delicious.
Neighinator
+2
Level 56
Dec 7, 2016
I'm a fetus and I got them all with 10 days left
JeromesNiece
+1
Level 63
Jan 2, 2017
You forgot the last letter, "sir"
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 63
Jan 4, 2017
Can't there be one for q? Quota?
KeithDonaldo
+1
Level 28
Feb 10, 2017
yoz wuz goood im a drunck boi frum jeli iland end i liek peppur becuz it remids meh of teh tiem i wuz a fetus that sexually idetified as uh arhoarn and i liek teh smel of wahtur becuz it remynds meh of wen i wuz a kar. ppl actchualy thingk I luhk liek jorge ezruh. witch i kind of agreeee with becuz i do. Yu no i achshually smel liek porck, is pritty kool. bi frend
KeithDonaldo
+3
Level 28
Feb 10, 2017
I am so sorry
quizsolver01
+1
Level 13
May 2, 2017
Perfect with 1:01 left!
quizsolver01
+1
Level 13
May 2, 2017
I also memorized the greek alphabet
chareth
+1
Level 54
Jun 7, 2017
got them all thanks to 'xwing vs, tie fighter', unequivocally the greatest experience of my life
LouRo05
+1
Level 25
Jun 10, 2017
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Omega... yah, thats it.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 52
Jul 22, 2017
glad we don't have to write the greek characters. I did well in Greek, but was always graded down slightly for my penmanship.
And don't even ask me about Hebrew or Aramaic.
TokyoCrazyPXD
+1
Level 29
Jul 31, 2017
Never learned the greek alphabet but got 8 simply from my memory of fraternity and sorority names lol
ionutlng
+1
Level 21
Sep 13, 2017
i know most of them because of my math lessons
ct
+3
Level 66
Sep 29, 2017
The hint "Ancient Greek, not modern" is misleading. The alphabets of ancient and modern Greek are identical. Plus, the names of the letters are identical. The only problem is that what you're looking for is not hte letter names, rather than the translations the american educational system has chosen to use on the letter names. Please clarify it.
Gohokiesandturtles
+2
Level 46
Nov 20, 2017
You should add omikron as a type in for omicron
snoozingnewt
+1
Level 21
Dec 16, 2017
1:37 left
fabulousbat86
+1
Level 21
Apr 5, 2018
13/24. I had 10 of them I could remember, but then I used a cheat. Thank you COMMENTS!!!!!
Quizmaster, having the comments button while taking the quiz is a cheat to every quiz. Just wanted to let you know.
fabulousbat86
+1
Level 21
Apr 5, 2018
Thank you comments for giving me three more! 13/24 with the help.
LOGIC
+1
Level 51
May 27, 2018
Oooof. Never really remembered all of them, only 11/24.
divantilya
+1
Level 38
Jun 26, 2018
Got 18. Got so stuck on trying to remember "Lambda" that I missed "Theta" and "Kappa", both of which I knew.
Seanthesheep
+1
Level 51
Jul 25, 2018
Got 13, no one in my family has ever been in a frat or sorority but I knew the ones I knew from common sense or scientific/mathematical terms.
dianalove
+1
Level 59
Aug 8, 2018
I guess only the most guessed five letters! 😂
SDG3
+1
Level 35
Aug 23, 2018
I owe my 17/24 to being a STEM major.
ganderfan6190
+1
Level 51
Dec 18, 2018
24/24, but I did have two years of Greek in Seminary.
AnEverydayNerd8
+1
Level 46
Jan 2, 2019
2:31 left. Thanks math!
GeoDude
+1
Level 53
Jan 25, 2019
Lambda Lambda Lambda!
Yeeee123
+1
Level 43
Jan 27, 2019
I was typing 'Omikron' instead of 'Omicron'😑😑😑
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 31, 2019
Good quiz, for a harder Greek Alphabet puzzle try 'Hidden with a twist'........... here it is
ChrisSmith
+1
Level 34
Feb 1, 2019
This is missing the last letter, SIR
Nathaniel
+2
Level 57
Feb 4, 2019
24/24:
I'm a little mad and learnt the russian, greek and hebrew alphabet for 'fun' XD.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Mar 13, 2019
Great! :)
makouras
+3
Level 73
Feb 4, 2019
I'm Greek and misspelled 'rho' and 'upsilon'
Who would write Y using a U? Seriously?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Mar 13, 2019
'Ypsilon' is the German spelling, and incidentally is also the German name of the letter 'y' in German!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Mar 13, 2019
I only got alpha, beta, gamma, delta, theta and omega - I knew these because of Maths and Physics (forgot sigma). I typed 'ypsilon' as it is a German letter (I'm learning German) but didn't bother to change the first letter although I initially intended to!
Ourania
+2
Level 53
Mar 13, 2019
Please accept Ypsilon
EytanMelech
+1
Level 66
Apr 8, 2019
If this is ancient greek, then should we add: Sampi, Koppa, San, Heta, and Zigamma.
http://www.ancientscripts.com/greek.html
TheSavageGeographer
+1
Level 48
May 24, 2019
I don't think you need to, they are abandoned letters.
Pavlos
+1
Level 24
Aug 18, 2019
This is modern greek, not ancient as stated. The ancient alphabet also contained 3 more symbols: digamma (stigma), koppa and sampi.
Scorpio87
+2
Level 27
Sep 5, 2019
I know Greek alphabet, but don't know English spelling for it. Lol
DrHeineken
+2
Level 21
Sep 5, 2019
KappaPride
KW1983
+2
Level 23
Sep 8, 2019
In Poland its mi and ni not mu or nu... Plus Ypsilon.
Shady647
+2
Level 17
Nov 24, 2019
I can sing the whole greek alphabet, but I cant spell any. ...huh interesting...
gcgallagher
+1
Level 32
Jan 6, 2020
Thank you ADPi pledge class of 2016 for requiring me to learn this information
Grimmatchstick
+1
Level 17
Jan 30, 2020
If nobody realized, 4 of those are also the names of the 4 starter characters in 'Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime' :) (pi, epsilon, mu, and nu)
Nathaniel
+1
Level 57
Feb 8, 2020
This is too easy, do it with a yellow box. I know them in order XD not flexing XD
panvot
+4
Level 47
Feb 8, 2020
The distinction between modern and ancient Greek alphabet makes absolutely no sense because ancient and modern Greek language have the same letters.
An explanation that "Anglo-Saxon pronounciation and writing is required (even though some letters have a totally weird writing) " would be far better!!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2020
Thanks for the feedback. I changed the caveat. I was thrown off the track by previous commenters.
antivist
+1
Level 26
Feb 21, 2020
13/24, knew the first 8 immediatly plus Omega and Sigma, then sat around for two minutes before I got 3 more...
CatcoolH
+1
Level 43
Feb 24, 2020
24/24, but I have Greek at school, so...
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 46
Mar 27, 2020
24/24 I am 8, I never went to Greece, I never learned greek, and I am not in college yet.
George12
+1
Level 32
Mar 29, 2020
I am Greek and have lived in Athens my whole life so this quiz was the first exercise I had in 1st grade lol
DodomaAstatine
+1
Level 50
May 10, 2020
24/24. My 1st grade Greek memory is still fresh in my brain ;)
Dablord
+1
Level 17
Jun 18, 2020
Does anyone have every single badge or not?
I really want to know since Quizmaster doesn't.
quizmaster3000
+1
Level 17
Jun 27, 2020
hi took me 10 seconds to finish this test and i have never done any greek. Only went there on holiday once
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