The sound of /j/

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In many words, the sound of /j/ is spelled with j, and it is often spelled this way when it is at the beginning of a word. the /j/ sound can also be spelled with g when followed by i,y, or e. The spelling dg is sometimes used at the end of a word.

Try to find all 25 words on this board.

X X I S L A M C U T W T L T N B B P M L
V V L N V Y G J B I O L O G Y Y S V Q M
T W X F O G V D O Y M U X H G T J Q B E
Z W E Y Z O O L O G Y S E G A T S O P Q
Q D Y G W L U U Q K A I S T Q A T R K U
E D G O U O L F U E G A E R C A O L Y R
X B O L I N C W B N H X W D R D R S G W
J N L O U H E G A M M I R C S V A A O T
H L O M B C O U R A G E H R O A G V L F
R T C E K E O S E U R A D I C N E A O O
Y M E G A T N E C R E P W M I T Y G H B
N K L A N I G I R O N O B I O A G E T L
K J C X G I H F L R C L U N L G O F Y K
T G D H H Z N O A V O O P O O E L O M Z
Y G O L O E G I N Y U G A L G Q O I I O
F O J H R Y P L G B R Y A O Y P E O L E
G P W T G E R A U T A P Y G H D H I E X
Y O H W Q F N G A R G C D Y H V T J A Y
W L R F M N B E G R E C C Z U M Y T G D
L N Q B C Z I C E J H G K I W M E P E L
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Answer Key for The sound of /j/

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # Y # # B I O L O G Y # # # # #
3# # # # # G # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
4# # # Y Z O O L O G Y # E G A T S O P #
5# # Y G # L # # # # # # # # # # T # # #
6# # G O # O # # # E G A E R C A O # Y #
7# # O L # N # # # # # # # # R D R S G #
8# # L O # H E G A M M I R C S V A A O #
9# # O M # C O U R A G E H R O A G V L #
10# # C E # E # # # # # A # I C N E A O #
11# # E G A T N E C R E P # M I T Y G H #
12# # L A N I G I R O N O # I O A G E T #
13# # # # # # # F L # C L # N L G O # Y #
14# # # # # # # O A # O O # O O E L # M #
15Y G O L O E G I N # U G # L G # O # I #
16# # # # # Y # L G # R Y # O Y # E # L #
17# # # # # # # A U # A # # G # # H # E #
18# # # # # # # G A # G # # Y # # T # A #
19# # # # # # # E G # E # # # # # # # G #
20# # # # # # # # E # # # # # # # # # E #
Word X Y Direction
ACREAGE  166w
ADVANTAGE  166s
APOLOGY  1210s
ARCHAEOLOGY  1111sw
BIOLOGY  102e
COURAGE  69e
CRIMINOLOGY  148s
ECOLOGY  311n
ENCOURAGE  1111s
FOILAGE  814s
GEMOLOGY  411n
GEOLOGY  715w
LANGUAGE  913s
MILEAGE  1914s
MYTHOLOGY  1914n
ORIGINAL  1012w
PERCENTAGE  1111w
POSTAGE  194w
SAVAGE  187s
SCRIMMAGE  148w
SOCIOLOGY  158s
STORAGE  174s
TECHNOLOGY  611n
THEOLOGY  1718n
ZOOLOGY  64e