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.

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

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1# # # # # # # Y # # Y # # H #
2# O # # # # # R # T H R R P #
3# # C S # # # T # O P E E A #
4# P # E # # # E # L A T T R B
5R S # I A # # M # I R E E G I
6E Y D S U N # O # P G M M A O
7T C I M T # O E # O O O I R L
8E H A O O E # G # T T R R A O
9M O M G M G L # R U O A E P G
10O L E R O # E E # A H B P # Y
11M O T A B # # O G # P # # # #
12R G E P I # # # L R # H # # #
13E Y R H L # # # # O A # E # #
14H # # # E # # # # # G M # R #
15T E L E P H O N E # # Y # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55s
AUTOPILOT  1010n
BAROMETER  1210n
BIOLOGY  154s
DIAMETER  37s
GEOLOGY  69se
GEOMETRY  88n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  149n
PERIMETER  1310n
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111n
PSYCHOLOGY  24s
SEISMOGRAPH  44s
TELEGRAM  57se
TELEPHONE  115e
THERMOMETER  115n