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.

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

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1# # # # Y E # Y # # # # # # #
2# # # # H L # R # # # # # O #
3# # # # P I # T # # # S C # T
4# A # # A B # E # # # E D # H
5# U # # R O # M # # A I # # E
6P T # # G M # O # N A S # # R
7E O # # O O # E O M # M # # M
8R P # # T T # G E O L O G Y O
9I I # # O U R T E L E G R A M
10M L # # H A E # # # # R # # E
11E O # # P R # # # # # A # # T
12T T # H P A R G A R A P # # E
13E # E N O H P E L E T H # # R
14R R Y G O L O H C Y S P # # #
15R E T E M O R A B I O L O G Y
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  610n
AUTOPILOT  24s
BAROMETER  915w
BIOLOGY  915e
DIAMETER  125sw
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  88n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  1212w
PERIMETER  16s
PHOTOGRAPHY  511n
PSYCHOLOGY  1214w
SEISMOGRAPH  124s
TELEGRAM  89e
TELEPHONE  1113w
THERMOMETER  153s