Words With Greek Origins

AUTOMOBILE
AUTOPILOT
BAROMETER
BIOLOGY
DIAMETER
GEOLOGY
GEOMETRY
OCEANOGRAPHER
PARAGRAPH
PERIMETER
PHOTOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY
SEISMOGRAPH
TELEGRAM
TELEPHONE
THERMOMETER

Many words in the English language actually come from other languages. These words all contain the Greek roots graph (to write), meter (to measure), logy (to study), auto (self), tele (far).

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

O R E T E M O M R E H T G G T
X T V A Y Y G O L O I B X O E
U R A Z G F Y Q D P T S C T L
E L I B O M O T U A H E Z O E
P I T O L I P O T U A I E K P
E D E K O T O E T N J S P Q H
R I L A H U P I O N Y M T Z O
I A E G C T Y G E O L O G Y N
M M G Z Y X R E F B K G S B E
E E R T S A W M B R Q R P H Q
T T A N P H O T O G R A P H Y
E E M H P A R G A R A P D V C
R R E D X U C H B J L H N W B
B R E T E M O R A B E R W Y B
G V P R M G E O M E T R Y J K
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Answer Key for Words With Greek Origins

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1# R E T E M O M R E H T # # T
2# # # # Y Y G O L O I B # O E
3# # # # G # # # # # # S C # L
4E L I B O M O T U A # E # # E
5P # T O L I P O T U A I # # P
6E D E # O # # # # N # S # # H
7R I L # H # # # O # # M # # O
8I A E # C # # G E O L O G Y N
9M M G # Y # R # # # # G # # E
10E E R # S A # # # # # R # # #
11T T A # P H O T O G R A P H Y
12E E M H P A R G A R A P # # #
13R R E # # # # # # # # H # # #
14# R E T E M O R A B # # # # #
15# # # # # G E O M E T R Y # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  104w
AUTOPILOT  115w
BAROMETER  1014w
BIOLOGY  122w
DIAMETER  27s
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  615e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  1212w
PERIMETER  15s
PHOTOGRAPHY  511e
PSYCHOLOGY  511n
SEISMOGRAPH  124s
TELEGRAM  35s
TELEPHONE  151s
THERMOMETER  121w