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.

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

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1# P # # Y # # # # # # # # # #
2# E # # H # # # # # # # # O #
3# R # # P # # # # # # # C # #
4# I H P A R G O M S I E S T B
5# M # A R # # # # # A # R O I
6Y E # R G # # # # N U E # L O
7G T D A O # # # O # T # R I L
8O E I G T # # G G E O T E P O
9L R A R O # R E M # M E T O G
10O # M A H A O O # # O L E T Y
11H # E P P M M L # # B E M U #
12C # T H E R # O # # I G O A #
13Y # E T E # # G # # L R R # #
14S R R H # # # Y # # E A A # #
15P Y T E L E P H O N E M B # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  115s
AUTOPILOT  1412n
BAROMETER  1315n
BIOLOGY  154s
DIAMETER  38s
GEOLOGY  88s
GEOMETRY  98sw
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  44s
PERIMETER  21s
PHOTOGRAPHY  511n
PSYCHOLOGY  115n
SEISMOGRAPH  124w
TELEGRAM  128s
TELEPHONE  315e
THERMOMETER  315ne