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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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Last updated: September 4, 2018
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First submittedJanuary 5, 2013
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Letter
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta
Letter
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Letter
Nu
Xi
Omicron
Pi
Rho
Sigma
Letter
Tau
Upsilon
Phi
Chi
Psi
Omega
johnnyaitch
+5
Level 66
Jun 24, 2010
15/24. I was never in a frat, but have traveled to Greece.
studentportal1
+4
Level 24
May 15, 2020
i didn't score anything
Gigano
+4
Level 23
Mar 6, 2011
I studied Greek.
DizzyTiger
+3
Level 48
Sep 25, 2020
I am greek!
AReim
+2
Level 24
Nov 11, 2020
I studied greek for a Pre-Theology degree. This was a quiz on day 2.
2kool4skoolz
+9
Level 44
Mar 19, 2011
i have alpha beta and omega so far...
mal
+4
Level 54
Aug 26, 2011
Quite pleased with my 15/24 as I am English and didn't study sciences or maths!
Elan
+38
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
+7
Level 27
Sep 12, 2012
They're all named after greek letters.
ander217
+27
Level 78
Jan 5, 2015
The two most popular frats at my campus were I Felta Thigh, and I Tappa Keg.
Elan
+4
Level 62
Feb 18, 2016
Well done, sir.
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 85
Jan 2, 2017
ander217 is a woman.
delky06
+4
Level 33
Oct 16, 2011
100% with 2:30 left.
TheAmazingBooker
+3
Level 32
Nov 16, 2011
Thank you Phi Mu Alpha! Zeta Sigma '05!
czechouterica
+4
Level 46
Jun 10, 2016
Oh hey, a Sinfonian!
boomersooner91
+2
Level 16
Nov 19, 2011
cant believe i forgot chi D:
sidhera
+4
Level 30
Dec 20, 2011
Where's digamma? or sampi? :-p
krispy
+2
Level 17
May 28, 2012
24/24 with 2:03 left and i've studied greece once...
Woodlouse7
+2
Level 16
Oct 4, 2012
am 12 and i got them all with 2:25 left
mariposita
+17
Level 62
Aug 21, 2016
am 6 months old and got them all with 10:56 left
Shade9099
+3
Level 62
Jan 24, 2019
Geez @Freestatebear kudos for trying lol
arirose94
+4
Level 31
Nov 19, 2012
Thanks to Chemistry and Physics, I got 15.
Athena
+4
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
+5
Level 39
Apr 29, 2015
Ha! I love you! :D
GhostRider
+2
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
+2
Level 49
Aug 9, 2016
Yay! I agree!
ssaqibh
+3
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
+2
Level 21
Jan 5, 2013
2:40 left
Zivi
+3
Level 29
Jan 6, 2013
Memorized it when I was bored in study hall and had finished my homework.
benhesford
+2
Level 15
Nov 25, 2016
same bro, used to re do my maths exams in roman numerals
kevlarkev
+3
Level 51
Jan 7, 2013
Thanks to Revenge of the Nerds, I got Lambda
someone2018
+2
Level 83
Jul 27, 2019
Anyone else notice how they seemed to pronounce the Tri Lams more like the dry lambs?
Sulps
+8
Level 59
Jan 7, 2013
The thing hardest for me here was spelling them in English.
MyMindWentBlank
+2
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
+3
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
+5
Level 22
Jan 26, 2013
Omikron is spelled with a k, not a c.
luckyluc96
+4
Level 57
Jul 5, 2016
In English it is 'Omicron', in other languages like German and Dutch it is indeed 'Omikron'.
pick
+5
Level 36
Jan 13, 2017
both are correct. both should be allowed
MasterKenobi
+3
Level 45
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
+2
Level 52
Feb 25, 2019
The English transliteration of kappa is often C; consider Crete from Κρήτη or microscopic from μικρός + σκοπέω.
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 45
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
+2
Level 73
Jan 30, 2013
Curse you Upsilon!!!
icetruckkiller
+3
Level 28
Feb 25, 2013
Cod you accept "Ro" for "Rho" and "Jota"/"Yota" for "Iota"?
Lemurlover3
+3
Level 43
May 6, 2013
No
buck1017
+2
Level 73
May 28, 2014
What about Yoda for Iota? Greek alphabet I know...hrrrmmmmm?
smartcookie17
+2
Level 50
Jul 16, 2014
That's great. That is so, so great.
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 45
Jan 15, 2017
I don't know, cod you?
mahble
+2
Level 72
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
+2
Level 44
May 5, 2013
i only got three...
theperiodictable
+2
Level 46
Aug 13, 2017
Same...
thecatwarrior
+3
Level 53
Dec 20, 2013
I got bored once so I decided to memorize it
leia13
+3
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
+2
Level 14
Jan 23, 2014
Loved it!
MeiHotaru
+2
Level 28
Apr 18, 2014
Got it with 2:11 left
chaosBEE
+2
Level 25
May 3, 2014
Got 24/24. Watched this a couple of days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQVoz-HX2cA
deekei
+2
Level 28
May 13, 2014
im only 15. Yet im shocked I get perfect within 30 seconds.
slugarmy
+19
Level 19
Sep 13, 2017
Wow, and I'm like, shocked that I almost care.
Rowand33
+4
Level 51
Nov 9, 2017
+1
Figbar
+4
Level 22
Jan 10, 2018
+1
SportsFan14
+2
Level 23
Dec 31, 2019
+1
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 85
Feb 8, 2020
I’m shocked this has so many likes.
ander217
+3
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.
nojik
+2
Level 60
Jul 10, 2020
lol with your horrendous accent i bet not even one greek could understand what you said.
Yankee
+4
Level 54
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
+7
Level 36
Aug 1, 2014
Makes it kinda ironic your username is Yankee
australianviking
+3
Level 36
Aug 1, 2014
Thank you, Red vs Blue!
angie1998
+4
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
+4
Level 50
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
+2
Level 30
Dec 6, 2014
holy crap, remembered the obvious four of course, as well as Xi from old Scrabble dictionaries.
Arp2600
+3
Level 82
Jan 5, 2015
Being a physicist, this was easy. I almost forgot theta, our favorite letter for angles, though...
Arp2600
+4
Level 82
Jan 2, 2017
Anyway, some alternate spelling could be accepted : Khi for Chi, Ksi for Xi, Ypsilon for Upsilon.
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 5, 2015
yep yep winner
Geomaster123
+3
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
ez as pi
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
1:54 O.O
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
testing testing 1234567890
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 6, 2015
cool
JimmyUrgent
+2
Level 16
Jan 7, 2015
I'm such a loser, i only got "alpha" "omega" "delta" "pi" and "beta"
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
r u serious
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
no your not
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Jan 23, 2015
i have an awesome scent of sensation on the greek alphabeta geta it ha not really a good 1
Tanaya
+2
Level 41
Feb 5, 2015
9 yrs old, 100%, 2:30 :) yay
AstraX
+2
Level 36
Mar 3, 2021
4 months old, 23:41 left. Yay!
itudis
+3
Level 61
Apr 4, 2015
I am greek and I misspelled three letters.
Geomaster123
+3
Level 20
Jul 17, 2015
Hope u have a fantastic day every1
Geomaster123
+2
Level 20
Aug 1, 2015
Since I'm more mature and older than before I wish u all a fantastic day
daffad
+2
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.
Geomaster123
+1
Level 20
Dec 24, 2015
Nice Quiz
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.
Grafakos
+1
Level 37
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 82
Jan 2, 2017
Ksi = xi. There is no "s" sound in "Chi".
SilverFlute
+2
Level 25
Jul 8, 2016
Alpha

Beta

Charlie?

Gamer1162
+1
Level 63
Sep 26, 2016
Thank goodness my father was in a fraternity and I learned some of these letters
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 65
Jan 2, 2017
He knew it would help you tremendously succeed later in life.
Walacama
+2
Level 77
Nov 30, 2016
Please accept Feta for Cheese. It's delicious.
Neighinator
+2
Level 58
Dec 7, 2016
I'm a fetus and I got them all with 10 days left
JeromesNiece
+1
Level 64
Jan 2, 2017
You forgot the last letter, "sir"
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 65
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
+4
Level 28
Feb 10, 2017
I am so sorry
chareth
+1
Level 55
Jun 7, 2017
got them all thanks to 'xwing vs, tie fighter', unequivocally the greatest experience of my life
LouRo05
+1
Level 26
Jun 10, 2017
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Omega... yah, thats it.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 57
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 67
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 52
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.
Aleksandro
+1
Level 51
May 27, 2018
Oooof. Never really remembered all of them, only 11/24.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
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 54
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 60
Aug 8, 2018
I guess only the most guessed five letters! 😂
SDG3
+1
Level 36
Aug 23, 2018
I owe my 17/24 to being a STEM major.
ganderfan6190
+1
Level 60
Dec 18, 2018
24/24, but I did have two years of Greek in Seminary.
AnEverydayNerd8
+1
Level 45
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 36
Feb 1, 2019
This is missing the last letter, SIR
Nathaniel
+2
Level 60
Feb 4, 2019
24/24:

I'm a little mad and learnt the russian, greek and hebrew alphabet for 'fun' XD.

JackintheBox
+1
Level 72
Mar 13, 2019
Great! :)
makouras
+5
Level 76
Feb 4, 2019
I'm Greek and misspelled 'rho' and 'upsilon'

Who would write Y using a U? Seriously?

JackintheBox
+1
Level 72
Mar 13, 2019
'Ypsilon' is the German spelling, and incidentally is also the German name of the letter 'y' in German!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 72
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 67
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 25
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 31
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 18
Nov 24, 2019
I can sing the whole greek alphabet, but I cant spell any. ...huh interesting...
gcgallagher
+1
Level 34
Jan 6, 2020
Thank you ADPi pledge class of 2016 for requiring me to learn this information
Grimmatchstick
+1
Level 20
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 60
Feb 8, 2020
This is too easy, do it with a yellow box. I know them in order XD not flexing XD
panvot
+5
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 25
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 48
Feb 24, 2020
24/24, but I have Greek at school, so...
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
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
Pandora49
+1
Level 51
May 10, 2020
24/24. My 1st grade Greek memory is still fresh in my brain ;)
Dablord
+1
Level 21
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
nojik
+2
Level 60
Jul 10, 2020
I am greek and i only got 20. what the hell is this spelling? i couldnt write most letters.
Deciduous
+1
Level 26
Jul 12, 2020
WHAT!? NOOO I got ALL except Lambda. I always forget that one. щ(゜ロ゜щ)
kosdan
+1
Level 45
Jul 13, 2020
Can you accept omikron as well as omicron?
Genesis
+1
Level 37
Aug 23, 2020
omg first try all correct and I am Korean
DizzyTiger
+2
Level 48
Sep 25, 2020
i am Greek and didnt find all! check your spelling please. There is no Mu or Nu letters in the greek alphabet. There is Mi and Ni. Also there is Ypsilon -for heavens sake, the Ypsilon letter without Y in your spelling!! And there is Taf (surely not tau)
DizzyTiger
+1
Level 48
Oct 14, 2020
MY EYES BLED
Alouka
+1
Level 38
Oct 12, 2020
I just had troubles finding how to write chi.

Never had a greek course, just the students who had greek were singing the alphabet, so I had it phonetically at least, I just had to find the right way to write it

SlipperyEel
+1
Level 27
Dec 6, 2020
Being Catholic I got: Alpha, Omega, Chi, Rho.

The others from my brain: Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Xi, Psi.

PenguinTorpedo
+1
Level 44
Dec 28, 2020
As a math guy im so dissapointed at myself cause i didnt get Tau. Smh
geographylover99
+1
Level 41
Jan 31, 2021
finally that master's in mathematics came useful
1234
+1
Level 22
Feb 8, 2021
it's rlly hard a bit 2 hard for some
syphus590
+1
Level 24
Feb 15, 2021
2:50

5/24

syphus590
+1
Level 24
Feb 17, 2021
2:44

Scoring

You scored 6/24 = 25%

This beats or equals 15.2% of test takers

The average score is 15

Your high score is 6

syphus590
+1
Level 24
Feb 17, 2021
2:46

Scoring

You scored 7/24 = 29%

This beats or equals 19.2% of test takers

The average score is 15

Your high score is 7

syphus590
+1
Level 24
Feb 18, 2021
2:47

Scoring

You scored 7/24 = 29%

This beats or equals 19.2% of test takers

The average score is 15

Your high score is 7

AlexThirkell
+1
Level 65
Feb 20, 2021
Keep at it, you'll get there :)
MarieDS
+1
Level 56
Mar 3, 2021
I had to memorize these in my European history class in high school. Surprised that I still remember them all. The teacher taught us to say "iota kappa lambda mu nu" to the tune of shave and a haircut.
EFOREWEL
+1
Level 48
Mar 9, 2021
You forgot ligma.
Sashawa
+1
Level 33
Mar 17, 2021
My 20 of 24 was entirely from grade seven rote memorization... Amazing considering that was more than 35 years ago!
iydutra
+1
Level 34
Mar 22, 2021
How the effing eff did I forget pi? PI!!!! I FORGOT PI!
6428574
+1
Level 28
Apr 3, 2021
I finished with just 1minute
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