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.

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

X
Y
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1R # # # # B A R O M E T E R P
2E # # # # # # # # # # # # O E
3T E L E G R A M # # # S C # R
4E G T H E R M O M E T E R # I
5M E L I B O M O T U A I # # M
6A O # # # # # E # N # S # # E
7I M # # # # L # O # # M # # T
8D E # # # E Y G E O L O G Y E
9# T # # P G R # # # # G # # R
10# R # H O A # # # # # R # # #
11# Y O L P H O T O G R A P H Y
12# N O H P A R G A R A P # # #
13E I E # # # # # # # # H # # #
14B R P S Y C H O L O G Y # # #
15# # # # # # A U T O P I L O T
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  115w
AUTOPILOT  715e
BAROMETER  61e
BIOLOGY  114ne
DIAMETER  17n
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  24s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  1212w
PERIMETER  151s
PHOTOGRAPHY  511e
PSYCHOLOGY  314e
SEISMOGRAPH  124s
TELEGRAM  13e
TELEPHONE  95sw
THERMOMETER  34e